The Age of Exploration

Spanish conquerors of the Americas were known as __________.

• governor-generals

• conquistadors

• viceroys

• peninsulares

The______ is a trading route that connected Europe, Africa and Asia, and the Americas.

• Bermuda Triangle

• circular trade

• Middle Passage

• triangular trade

The system allowed authorities to draft natives to work in silver mines.

• tithe

• feudal

• mita

• encomienda

What were the chief motives for European expansion? 

• God, glory, and gold

• Adventure, travel, and war

• Politics, taxes, and war

• Oil, gold, and coal

Which country took the lead in European exploration? 

• Portugal

• The Netherlands

• The Netherlands

• France

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world? 

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

 Which ruler granted encomienda to the Spanish settlers in the Americas?

• Henry VI

• Isabella

• Louis XII

• Ferdinand

Which nation controlled most of the eastern seaboard of North America by the end of the 1600s?

• The Netherlands

• Spain

• France

• England

What set of principles dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century? 

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• Secularism

• Socialism

 In what year did the first enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas? 

• 1518

• 1560

• 1492

• 1430