Age of Exploration and American Empires Review

What was NOT a motivation for European exploration during the Age of Discovery?

How did new technologies like the sextant, caravel, and magnetic compass affect European exploration?

Which two European nations were the first to sponsor voyages during the Age of Discovery and dominated exploration by 1500? (select two answers)

Which Portuguese prince sponsored many voyages in the early to mid-1400s and helped spark the Age of Exploration?

Which Genoese sailor discovered a "New World" (the Americas) while on a voyage sponsored by the Spanish monarchs?

What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire that grew to one of the largest cities in the world at the time?

The Aztec Empire was created when three city-states in central Mexico formed the what?

What was the title given to the Inca ruler who had supreme authority and was believed to be divine?

Which of the following did NOT help the Inca unify and maintain control over their vast empire?