European Exploration Review

The Spanish were able to easily defeat the Aztecs and Incas, not only because of European diseases, but also because they fought while riding…

• elephants

• horses

• llamas

• cows

•Juan Ponce de Leon, was searching for the Fountain of Youth, and claimed Florida for what country?

• Portugal

• Netherlands

• France

• Spain

•In the 1500s and 1600s, in addition to gold, many European countries were searching for what?

• A route to China

• Southeast Passage

• Northwest Passage

What was the number one killer of Native Americans?

• Guns

• Diseases

• Cannons

• The death penalty

People from this country were interested in the fur trade and became business partners with the Native Americans

• Spain

• England

• France

• Netherlands

France wanted to claim Florida so it could raid ships traveling with treasure from Central America. Those ships belonged to which country?

• England

• Netherlands

• France

• Spain

When Queen Elizabeth I further established England as a Protestant country, this upset King Philip of Spain, so he sent the Spanish ____________ to England.

• Armada

• Army

• Monks

• Diplomats

Portugal was the first European country to sail around which continent?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

•Why is Amerigo Vespucci famous?

• He discovered the lands south of Mexico

• First to realize the “Americas” were a new continent and not part of Asia

• He was the first person to sail around South America

Many conflicts began between many European nations because of what religious movement?

• The Great Schism

• The Catholic Reformation

• The Protestant Reformation