Age of Exploration

Which region is most associated with the destruction of indigenous empires by Spanish explorers during the Age of Discovery?

• Pacific Islands

• Latin America (Central and South America)

• East Indies

• South Africa

Which Spanish conquistador conquered Mexico at the Siege of Tenochtitlan in 1521?

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Jacques Cartier

What Native American Empire was decimated as a result of the conquest of Mexico during the Siege of Tenochtitian in 1521?

• Songhai Empire

• Seminole Empire

• Inca Empire

• Aztec Empire

Shortly after the initial contact with Europeans, American Indian (First American) populations began to decrease rapidly because of

• warfare

• famine

• disease

• genocide

What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he left Spain in 1492?

• A route to India

• New World

What explorer was credited as the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

European expansion was driven by which of the following?

• Gold

• God

• Glory

• All of the above

Which of the following was NOT a new technology that helped improve exploration?

• astrolabe

• lateen sail

• caravel (speedy ship)

• microscope

• compass

Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. Who was this sailor?

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry the Navigator

tool used to determine direction (N,S,E,W)

• Compass
• Astrolabe 
• caravel 
• telescope