Quiz Review 9/28

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

• men and ships for exploring
• money for items
• products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases
• buying goods from Africa

What happened to the many of the Native American Indians?

• They got new land.
• The caught diseases and died.
• They moved to Europe.
• They traded spices with Asia.

Which of the following was a reason for European exploration?

• shorter route to asia
• gold, wealth, and fame
• to spread Christianity
• all of the choice

Cortes helped the Spanish conqueror what civilization?

• Inca

• Maya

• Aztec

• Bamana

He is known for discovering American, but did not really do that!

• Hudson
• Columbus
• Cabot
• Balboa

His name was eventually used in naming the continents North and South America. He was the man who finally figured out they were not in Asia. He sailed down the coast of South America.

• John Cabot

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Explored the Mississippi River to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico and named the area Louisiana

• Magellan
• Eriksson
• Columbus
• LaSalle

First Europeans to visit the new world.

• Spanish

• French

• English

• Vikings

What disease devastated the Native Americans

• Smallpox

• COVID

• Infuenza

• Chickenpox

What enabled explorers to determine their latitude while at sea?

• astrolabe
• caravel
• compass
• rudder