World History: Standard 10

I started a school for navigators and people who wanted to go out exploring.

• Columbus
• Prince Henry
• Polo
• Magellan

I believed I could read Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

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Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages?

• To serarch for gold and riches
• To omake friends with the Native Americans
• To spread their religion
• The explorerers want to become famous.

Which European country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyages?

• England
• Mexico
• France
• Spain

What was the purpose of Columbus' expeditions?

• To find a shorter route to Asia by sailing west
• To claim land in Canada
• To explore the Hudson Bay
• None of the above

Ponce de Leon was the first European explorer to 

• claim land for France int he Western Hemisphere.
• Set foot on what is now the United States
• Start a colony for England in North America.
• Sail across the Atlantic Ocean.

the Columbian Exchange was the exchange of plants, animals and diseases between.... (read all options)

• the Americas and Europe

• Asia and Europe

• the Old World and the New World

• Lynwood and Compton

Europeans brought _________________ which killed 90% of the population

• tobacco

• onions

• oranges

• disease

Which of the following is a negative impact that the Columbian Exchange had on the native peoples of the Americas?

• The spread of disease killed millions of people.

• Agriculture spread to more regions.

• The use of the horse caused native peoples to leave.

• Native peoples were no longer allowed to use their languages.

• Europeans established global trade networks that brought maize to Europe, chili peppers to India, and wheat to the Americas.

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Who conquered the Aztec?

• Hernan Cortes

• Cristobal Colon

• Christoforo Columbo

• Francisco Pizarro

• Amerigo Vespucci