Ch 6 Exploration of the New World

The two continents connected in the Land Bridge Theory were _____.

• North America and Asia

• South America and Europe

• South Carolina and North Carolina

• Africa and Australia

The _____ divided the waters of the globe between Spain and Portugal.

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Tortillas

• Treaty of Quesidillas

• Treaty of Tomorrow

Spain controlled the _____ waters of the globe.

• Northern

• Southern

• Western

• Eastern

The name of this continent is...

• South America

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

What motivated England to explore the New World?

• They wanted to take over Spanish land
• They were in competition to be the MOST powerful nation in Europe
• They wanted to be the first to see the Pacific Ocean
• They wanted to steal France's land

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust

• to connect

• court

• conquerors

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What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

What was the motivation for exploration?

• Write a book about it

• Gold, God, Glory

• Land, food, water

• Position in the government

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother country gains power by exporting more goods than they import.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• A theory that global wars that start over money so countries should avoid it.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.