Age of Exploration

What were the 3 G’s of exploration?

• Glory, Good, Gladness

• Glory, Gold, Good

• God, Gold, and Gladness

• Glory, Gold, God

How did Prince Henry of Portugal influence exploration?

• He was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa.

• He founded a navigational school on the coast of Portugal.

• He invented the caravel, a sturdier ship with triangular sails.

• He improved the astrolabe and invented the compass.

What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• to decide which new lands Portugal could claim and those Spain could claim

• to decide the part of the world that was under the pope’s control and the part that was not

• to promote the ideas of the Renaissance

• to promote the ideas of the Reformation

Which of the following did NOT aid the Spanish in conquering the Native Americans?

• disease

• larger forces

• native enemies

• superior weapons

According to the policy of mercantilism, how could a nation increase its wealth?

• It should center its wealth and power in its government.

• It should spread its wealth and power among private individuals.

• It should sell more goods than it buys from other countries.

• It should buy more goods than it sells to other countries.

Which of these was NOT a way that Africans influenced the Americas?

• They brought African forms of government

• They brought African forms of art and music

• They introduced new words into the English language

• Many countries became mixed-race

Which of these conquistadores conquered the Aztecs in Mexico?

• Pizzaro

• Balboa

• Cortez

• Magellan

Jamestown and Plymouth were the first settlements in North America by the

• Spanish

• English

• French

• Dutch

After who is America named?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Salvador Americana

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who is credited for conquering the Incan empire in modern day Peru?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortez

• Christopher Columbus