1st Nine Weeks EOC Review

From their trading posts in Africa, the Portuguese traded for ______________________.

• Turquoise
• Tea
• Gold and slaves
• Salt

This explorer discovered the long awaited eastern sea route to Asia

• Bartolome de Las Casas
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco de Gama
• Leif Eriksson

This agreement gave Spain the right to most North America and South America.

• Treaty of Columbus
• Treaty of Portugal
• Treaty of Spain
• Treaty of Tordesillas

This explorer’s crew was the first to sail around the world.

• Bartolome Dias
• Christopher Columbus
• Juan Cabrillo
• Ferdinand Magellan

Columbus sailed to the Americas under the flag of this country.

• Italy
• England
• Portugal
• Spain

Centuries before Columbus set sail, these sailors landed in New Foundland.

• Portuguese
• English
• Spanish
• Vikings

Hernan Cortes destroyed the powerful empire of the ____________________.

• Inca
• Aztec
• Maya
• Olmec

Millions of Native Americans died in the 50 years after Christopher Columbus’ landing because of

• Killed with guns and swords
• Worked to death
• Starvation
• Disease

Pizarro destroyed the powerful empire of the

• Inca
• Maya
• Aztec
• Olmec

Ponce de Leon landed on the mainland in search of

• Food
• Slaves
• Fountain of Youth
• Disney World