Native American Cultures and Exploration

Which of the following is the BEST reason why European explorers conquered regions of the Americas? 

• They were searching for more wealth.
• They were at war with South American cultures.
• They wanted to use South Americans as slave labor
• They wished to stop the spread of Islam

Which of the following was NOT one of the "3 G's" of exploration?

• God
• Galleon
• Gold
• Glory

Who was Vasco da Gama?

• A Spanish conqueror in the New World

• The person who invented the lateen sail

• The first European to sail all the way around the Cape of Good Hope

• The first person to sail around the world

When was the Age of Exploration?

• 1095-1291

• 1860-1865

• 400-800

• 1450-1700

A triangular sail is known as a(n):

• Astrolabe
• Caravel
• Lateen
• Rudder

Ships that made long distance ocean voyages possible were:

• Caravels
• Astrolabes
• Titanics
• Voyagers

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson

Who conquered the Aztecs in 1522?

• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernan Cortes
• Vasco da Gama
• Prince Henry the Navigator

Who discovered the Cape of Good Hope?

• Batholomeu Dias
• Jacques Cartier
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernan Cortes

The Empire that developed in the Andes Mountains of South America lasting from the 1400s to the 1530s was the

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Conquistadors