Native Americans/Age of Exploration

The French and English explorers were looking for which shortcut through the Americas?

• The Atlantic Thruway

• The Cape of Good Hope

• The Northwest Passage

• The Strait of Magellan

The movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Easter and Western hemispheres:

• expedition

• Columbian Exchange

• slave trade

• navigation

This explorer defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed all of Mexico in the name of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

His trip was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

Which of the following was the initial reason that European countries started exploration?

• to find trade routes with the Americas

• to find water trade routes to Asia

• to find water trade routes to Caribbean Islands

• to find trade routes with Canada

In the 1400s, why did Europeans want to find an alternative sea route  from Europe to Asia?

• They wanted to test the new oceangoing ships they had invented.

• They wanted to find a market for their farm products.

• They wanted to establish a profitable trade with new continents of North and South America.

• They wanted a faster way to trade for Asian spices and products.

First explorer find a direct sea route to India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Magellan

Captained the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Magellan

This country DID NOT send explorers to the New World.

• Netherlands
• Italy
• England
• France