World History - Module 10 Age of Exploration

Which of these plants/animals originated from the New World (Americas)?

• tobacco

• pig

• horse

• rice

Why did the establishment of some English colonies require the creation of joint-stock companies?

• Colonies were seldom profitable and banks were needed to support them.

• Colonies were risky and individuals were unwilling to invest all of the money in them.

• Some colonies were attacked by Native Americans and soldiers were needed to defend them.

• Some colonies were founded as royal colonies and the monarchy recruited colonists for them.

Which of these was not a main reason for the Spanish exploration of the New World?

• Claiming land for their country

• Bringing back precious metals and goods to enrich their homeland

• Converting the natives to Christianity

• Finding new medicines to treat malaria

Who successfully reached the Pacific Ocean from across the Atlantic Ocean and around the tip of South America?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which country was the richest and most powerful during the early age of exploration to the New World?

• Portugal

• England

• Spain

• France

According to your reading, which of these explorers was most similar to Cortes in the way he treated the natives and claimed the land for his country?

• Pizarro

• Cabral

• Metacom

• Coronado

Which native civilization was taken over by Pizarro?

• Aztecs

• Mayans

• Incas

• Sioux

Which present-day country would you find the Incas?

• Peru

• Spain

• Mexico

• Brazil

One of the first explorers we read about was looking for the East Indies, but never got there. Who was that?

• Hernando Cortes

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which of the following was the end result of ending the practice of encomienda?

• the rebellion of the Pueblo

• the creation of mestizo culture

• the reliance on African slave labor

• the return of many native religions