The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa.

• America.

• Asia.

• Europe.

What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?

• to build wealth

• to conquer Indians

• to colonize France

• to find potatoes

Juan Ponce de Leon looked for

• the Seven Cities of Gold

• a shortcut to Asia.

• a site for a mansion

• the "fountain of youth"

Hernan Cortes fought against

• the Aztecs in Mexico.

• the Seminoles in Florida.

• the Incas in South America.

• the Mayas in Central America.

Which man explored what is now the southwestern United States?

• Cartier

• Coronado

• Cabot

• Hudson

What was the first European settlement in the United States?

• Ft. Caroline

• Cibola

• St. Augustine

• San Salvador

A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain is called a

• conquistador

• colony

• pilgrim

• pioneer

On his first voyage in 1609, Henry Hudson said up a river now named

• the Mississippi River

• the Henry River

• the Hudson River

• the Rio Grande

Who began the Columbian Exchange by sailing west to gain access to India but instead he discovered North and South America?

• Christopher Columbus
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• John Smith

Who conquered the Incas?

• Hernan Cortes
• Christopher Columbus
• Francisco Pizarro
• Gonzalo Guerrero