European Exploration

How did England become a Protestant country?

• Priests opposed reforms implemented by the Pope

• King Henry VIII declared himself head of the Church of England

• People demanded the adoption of Lutheran beliefs

• armies were exposed to Calvinist beliefs while in France

What was an effect of Spanish contact with Native American groups in the New World

• Conquistadors brought the Native Americans horses and weapons for battle.

• Spanish explorers brought the language and religious customs of Native Americans back to Spain

• The Spanish joined forces with the Aztecs and Incas against the Mayas and Toltecs

• Brutal attacks by the Spanish conquistadors and the spread of disease led to a rapid decline of the Native American population

Use the diagram to answer the question.

Which crop was brought to Europe from the Americas?

• corn

• wheat

• oats

• rice

Within a few days after ou departure from [the American Indian] town, the people began to die very fast. In some towns about twenty...in some sixty...The disease was also so strange that they neither knew what it was, nor how to cure it.

Thomas Harriot, 1585

The lives of the American Indians were changed after the arrival of the Europeans. Based on the above quote, what is one way their lives were changed?

• There was less food because colonists were taking American Indians' food supply.

• American Indians began hunting for food like the Europeans instead of farming.

• The arts changed from baskets to sculpting and painting influenced by artists in Europe.

• American Indians were sickened by illnesses brought to the area by the Europeans.

A map of exploration in North America in the 1500s is shown.

This map shows the paths of two explorers.

Their routes and reports opened the way into North America for settlers from which country?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

What advantage did the Spanish have in waging war against the Native Americans?

• a greater number of officers

• better military technology

• a greater number of soldiers

• closer military bases

What was a major result of the European exploration through the Columbian Exchange?

• Raw materials became scarce.

• The Black Death spread throughout Europe.

• Europeans became dependent on crops from America.

• European diseases caused millions of deaths among American Indians.

Which of the following places did Juan Ponce de Leon explore in his search for the "fountain of youth'?

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• California

• Florida

What trigger the European Exploration?

• The 4 G's

• Looking for alternate trade routes because Muslim controlled land trade routes

• Fall of the Roman Empire

• King Henry VII began the Church of England

Why did European Exploration continue?

• The four G's

• Muslim controlled trade routes

• King Henry VII left the Catholic Church

• Fall of the Roman Empire