Spanish and Portuguese Explorers

Spanish 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

During the 1400s and 1500s, many Europeans wanted to find a new route to the riches of Asia. This wish to find a new route lead to the

• end of trade with China and India.

• exploration of North and South America.

• closing of markets in Europe for Asian goods.

• making of these traded products in Europe.

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Early Portuguese explorers were trying to find __________.

• a faster way to America

• a trade route to India
• the Northwest Passage

• a path around the world

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What were the negative effects of colonization on the American Indians?

• Many were killed or died from disease
• Many lost their land
• Many became slaves
• All of the above

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What statement best describes how the Spanish interacted with Native Americans?

• They traded with them.
• They conquered and enslaved them
• They learned farming from them
• They made settlements and traded with them

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Which Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa's tip all the way to India?

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco de Gama

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Which explorer was given credit for circumnavigating the globe, but actually died before the expedition was completed?

• Cortes
• Coronado
• De Gama
• Magellan

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What did the early Spanish explorers most want to find?

• maps

• Native Americans

• corn

• gold

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Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?

• to find his lost dog
• to find new lands
• to find the Northwest passage
• to find a faster route to Asia

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When Columbus landed in America, he thought  he was in __________?

• India
• New Spain
• Florida
• Portugal

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