Age of Exploration

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia.

• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy.

• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea.

• To find the city of gold in southern Africa.

Which explorer was credited with "sailing around the world", though he died in the Philippines before his ship actually made it back?

• Balboa

• Cabot

• Magellan

• De Soto

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages to modern day Cuba:

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomew Dias

• Francisco Pizarro

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization:

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

• Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

• Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

• Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

• The Middle Passage

• The Long Journey

• The Long Passage

• The Middle Journey

Diseases like smallpox had a negative impact on Native American populations.

• True

• False

What is a caravel?

• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• All of the above.