Exploring the Americas Review

What were the three reasons for exploration. Select all that apply

• Gold

• Food

• Wealth

• Glory

• God

What does Gold, Glory, God represent?

• The beliefs of the Native Americans

• The goals of the Native Americans

• The three reasons that the Europeans went exploring

• The reason the Dutch were not interested in creating colonies

What explorer was the conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco da Gama

• Juan Ponce de Leon

What explorer was the conquered the Incan Empire?

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco da Gama

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Which explorer was the first person to successfully circumnavigate the globe?

• Henry the Navigator

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

Spanish soldiers who came to the Americas to create colonies were called

• Gatos

• Conquistadors

• Pollos

• Chicos

Who were the Conquistadors

• English men who traded with the Native Americans

• French men who were part of the fur trade

• Germany mercenaries that were part of the British Army

• Spanish soldiers who came to the Americas to colonize them

What is the Northwest Passage?

• A water route to Western Europe and Poland

• A water route to Eastern America and New York

• A water route to Eastern Asia and China

• A water route to Norther Africa and Egypt

What was the name of the highly sought after water route to Eastern Asia and China?

• Southwestern Passage

• North American Passage

• English Passage

• Northwest Passage

True or False: Both the French and the English were Catholic and wanted to spread Christianity

• True

• False