European Exploration Review Quiz

What is a conquistador?

• conqueror

• impoverished

• republic

• chicken

What was the term for the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World

• Columbian Exchange

• Encomienda System

• Dutch Golden Age

• European Exploration

This explorer was best known for his explorations of many waterways in search of the Northwest Passage, claiming several in his name

• Henry Hudson

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Prince Henry

What were the 3 reasons for European Exploration?

• Power, Territories and Silver

• Gold, Glory and God

• Ships, Trade and Sugar

• Foods, Territory and Slaves

What was the major negative effect of European Exploration and trade?

• diseases brought by Europeans killed around 90% of the Native Americans

• slaves were given their freedom

• 80% of the food being traded spoiled

• many Native Americans moved to Europe

How did Spain treat the Native Americans?

• they partnered with them in trade

• they were violent and took land and gold by force

• they bought land from them

• they ignored them and only took land that was not occupied

Which European country controlled the territory marked B?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

Which European country controlled the territory marked A?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Netherlands

What was one similarity between France and Netherlands colonization?

• they both were partners with the Native Americans in fur trading

• they both travelled with priests to convert the Natives to Christianity

• they both searched for gold in the New world

• they both took land in South America

How did England separate from the Catholic Church?

• The English refused to be like the French and Spanish.

• King Henry VIII created and declared himself head of the Church of England when he couldn't divorce his wife.

• People demanded the adoption of Catholic beliefs.

• The army forced the people to separate from the Church.