European Exploration in the Americas #1

In the late 1400s and early 1500s, what was a major reason for European voyages of exploration?

• Introduction of Enlightenment ideas

• Desire to control Constantinople

• Rapid industrialization rising

• Need for an alternate trade route to Asia

The explorer discovered "Florida" while he was searching for the "Fountain of Youth"?

• Vasco de Gama

• Ponce de Leon

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

This Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa to India and established a valuable trade route with them?

• Vasco de Gama

• John Cabot

• Francis Drake

• Jacques Cartier

The St. Lawrence River area (Canada) was explored by and claimed by this French explorer?

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

Which Portuguese explorer was the first one to "circumnavigate" around the world?

• Francis Drake

• Vasco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Jacques Cartier

This Meso-American Civilization had great success in Central America pre-900 CE, yet no one truly knows what led to their demise?

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Native Americans

The Spanish conquistador defeated Emperor Montezuma with warfare and diseases?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Ferdinand Magellean

• Henry Hudson

Who were the indigenous people who lived in North American when the European explorers arrived in the "New World"?

• Incas

• Native Indians

• Olmecs

• people of India