Age of Exploration Quiz Review

How did the European explorers in the 1500s affect the Aztecs?

• Many Aztecs converted to the religion of Spain

• Many Aztecs learned to grow corn and potatoes for food

• The Aztecs developed strong monarchies modeled on those in Europe

• The Aztecs increased in numbers because of new medicines

During the 1500s, Spain was colonizing the Americas while the English and the French were

• exploring China and Japan

• searching for the Northwest Passage through North America to Asia

• exploring the western coast of Africa

• establishing missions in present-day California, New Mexico, and Arizona

In the 1400s, the Portuguese explorers sailed along the coast of Africa. What was the main purpose of their voyages?

• finding a water route to India's spices

• finding natives who would trade with them

• finding slaves who could be sold in other lands

• finding a new world that no European had ever seen

Early explorations of the New World have often been described as "the meeting of three civilizations." To what does this description refer?

• The Spanish, Portuguese, and French explorers all met in the New World

• Three major European nations agreed to jointly explore the New World

• The European, Native American, and African cultures came together in the New World

• Three Central American cultures - Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans - joined together to defend their lands

What was the effect of the Spanish contact with Native American groups in Mexico and South America?

• Spanish explorers brought the Aztecs and Incas horses and weapons for battle

• Brutal attacks by the Spanish conquistadors and the spread of disease led to the fall of the Aztecs and Incas

• The Spanish joined forces with the Aztecs and Incas against the Mayas and the Toltecs

• Spanish explorers brought the language and religious customs of Native Americans back to Spain

Which was an environmental effect of the process of early industrialization?

• the introduction of smallpox to the American Indians

• the diffusion of new animal and pant species to Afro-Eurasia

• the process of desertification in Africa and Asia

• the widespread deforestation in Europe and North America

When European nations explored and conquered American Indian civilizations in the 1500s, they were looking for sources of gold and silver.

Which European country became wealthy from the gold and silver found in the Americas?

• Italy

• Spain

• France

• Sweden

Which is an effect of European explorations of the Americas?

• Germany extended its New World empire

• Spain dominated North and South America

• Africans were enslaved to work in mines and on plantations

• American Indians maintained resistance to African and Eurasian diseases

The "Triangle Trade" and "Columbian Exchange" are terms used to describe the movement of goods between Western Europe, West Africa, and

• Central Asia

• the Americas

• Australia

• the Middle East

The first African slaves were brought to the Americas to

• be servants for wealthy New England families

• build missions and settlements for the Spanish

• work on Portuguese sugar plantations in the Caribbean

• help colonists fight wars against the Native Americans