Age of Exploration Formative Assessment

What explorer sailed all the way around the world?
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)

• Balboa
• Cabot
• Magellan
• De Soto

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

• De Soto
• Cortes
• Cabot
• Balboa

Columbus believed he had landed in......

• China
• India
• South America
• Africa

When did the Columbian Exchange take place?

• Before 1492
• During the European Dark Ages
• After WW2
• After 1492

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

As native populations decreased in the Americas from sickness and overwork, Europeans looked for new sources of labor by enslaving the ____________.

• Africans
• Spanish
• Portuguese

Which is not one of the three G's

• God
• Guns
• Gold
• Glory

Which European country did NOT claim territory in North America? (7-1.2)

• Spain 
• Italy 
• England
• France

Columbus became famous when he sailed west across which ocean?

• Arctic
• Pacific
• Atlantic

An economic system developed in Europe during the 15th and 16th century that focused on a balance of trade is known as ________________________.

• Imperialism

• Conquest

• Mercantilism

• Fair and Balanced