Spain Starts and Empire review

Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?

• profit

• leisure

• freedom

• education

How did Marco Polo encourage European exploration?

• he became wealthy after conquering the Incas

• he wrote a book about his travels to Asia

• he told stories about his trip around the tip of Africa

• he brought back treasures from his journey to America

Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?

• to establish trading posts

• to find a water route to Asia

• to exchange ideas with native people

• to explore North and South America

What was an effect of Christopher Columbus's voyages to the Americas?

• a reduction in the European population

• a delay in future Spanish explorartions

• a war between the Spanish and the French

• a transfer of food between Europe and the Americas

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?

• they grew in number

• they died from diseases

• they became prosperous

• they were forced to move

Which statement is true about slavery in North America?

• enslaved indigenous people were treated with dignity

• European explorers rejected slavery in the Americas

• Europeans introduced slavery to the Americas

• enslaved Africans took the place of Indigenous workers

Which of these was a goal of the conquistadors who came to the Americas?

• to trade with the native peoples

• to conquer a large empire for Spain

• to establish agricultural communities

• to learn about the culture of the Aztec people

Vocabulary:

the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas.

• colony

• Columbian Exchange

• conquistadors

• slavery

Vocabulary:

the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.

• colony

• Columbian Exchange

• conquistadors

• slavery

Vocabulary:

Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the Indigenous peoples of Mexico and Peru

• colony

• Columbian Exchange

• conquistadors

• slavery