Age Of Discovery - Study Guide

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

• Ponce de Leon
• Hernando de Soto
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Coronado

European explorers were sent to the New World for ______.

• gold, spices, and ships
• gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
• silver, pearls, and slaves
• slaves, navigators, and cartographers

He was looking for a quicker passage to India. He discovered America?

• Colombus
• Maglilan
• Cortez
• Pizarro

What did the early explorers call the Western Hemisphere, including North and South America?

• The New World
• Canada
• Asia
• Central Americal

Europe, Asia and Africa are known as

• The New World

• The Old World

• The Ancient World

• The Discovered World

He conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain in 1521

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

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