AGE of Explorations PRE-Assessment

A map maker is called a

• tariff

• missionaries

• cartographer

A device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon is an ___________________________.

• atlas

• astrolabe

• protractor

____________________________ means to sail or travel all the way around something, especially the world.

• Transportation

• Encomienda

• Circumnavigate

The _____________________ system was a labor system instituted by the Spanish crown in the American colonies where land and native slaves given to Spanish rulers.

• encomienda

• missionaries

• triangular trade

People who work to spread their religious beliefs by setting up colonies to spread Christianity or a setup throughout colonies to spread Christianity were called __________________________.

• protestants

• missionaries

• conquistadors

Spanish settlers who were Spanish-born, came to Latin America and ruled as the highest social class were known as

• peninsulares

• conquistadors

• mestizos

These people were known ______________________ or

Spanish conquerors of the Americas, for example, Hernan Cortes and Franscisco Pizarro.

• explorers

• Pilgrims

• conquistadors

English Protestants who rejected practices of the Church of England were known as ______________________________.

• peninsulares

• Pilgrims

• mestizos

A ___________________ is a tax on imported goods.

• export

• gold

• tariff

Which of the following best explained why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?

• They wanted to find new trade routes. (to Asia or the Indies)

• They wanted to conquer new lands.

• They wanted to spread Islam.

• They wanted to test new navigational tools.