The Age of Exploration

The religion did the Spanish, Portuguese, and French spread to the New World was ​ (a)   .

• Christianity
• Judaism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• New forms of government developed in Europe.

• A large number of people in the America were killed by European diseases.

• Hunting improved in the New World as a result of new weapons.

• The diets of people in both the New World and the Old World improved.

Europeans met labor needs in the New World by ​trying to enslave​ (a)   for labor which ​ (b)   , and turned to ​ (c)   for ​ (d)   labor.

• Native Americans
• failed
• Africa
• enslaved

What did Cortes do?

• developed a successful fur trade in North America

• conquered the Aztec people

• controlled spices that other countries wanted for trade

• focused on exploring and conquering lands in South America

The part of the Triangular Trade called the Middle Passage was the ​ (a)   .

• passage between Africa and the New World
• passage between Americas and Old World
• passage between Europe and Asia

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of resources, ideas, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.

• The spread of diseases across North and South America.

• The creation of Hispaniola by Christopher Columbus.

• The exchange of goods between Christopher Columbus and the Spanish King.

Spain came to America with what purpose?

• to trade with Natives
• for God, Gold, and Glory
• to exchange goods
• to spread diseases

Conquistador is a spanish word that means.....

• crazy man

• soldier

• conqueror

Who conquered the Inca Empire?

• Pizarro

• Cortes

• de Soto

• Vespucci

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to 

• Africa
• America
• Asia
• Europe