European Exploration

The Age of Exploration began in which country?

• Portugal

• Spain

• Britain

• Italy

Columbus thought that he had arrived at  ___________, and therefore called the Natives he met Indians.

• Cathay
• Africa
• America
• India

Who were the major players in European exploration?

• Britain, Portugal, Spain, France

• England, Italy, Egypt, Spain

• Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Britain

• India, France, Greece, Netherlands

I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

_____________ killed a majority of Native Americans in the New World.

• Horses

• Conquistadors

• Disease

• Pigs

Economic system in which the Mother Country controlled the trade of the colonies?

• mercantilism

• merchandise

• trade

• barter

What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?

• They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.

• They wanted to practice their navigating skills.

• They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.

• They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.

What technology helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

• atrolabe

• printing press

• compass

• map

The Treaty of Tortesillas gave which European country claim to land the west of the line.

• Spain
• France
• Portugal
• England