Unit 1: Exploration of the Americas

Portugal took the lead in finding a trade route to India.

• True

• False

Information from explorers assisted mapmakers in creating more accurate land and sea maps.

• True

• False

Beginning in the a.d. 600s, the religion of Islam spread in the Middle East and Africa.

• True

• False

The Renaissance was the attempt by Europeans to take back control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East.

• True

• False

Pizarro was able to conquer the Inca after the Spanish executed the Inca’s ruler

• True

• False

Match the explorer to the country for which he sailed. A country can be used more than once.

• Spain

• Cartier

• Spain

• Cortes

• England

• Verrazano

• Spain

• Columbus

• France

• Cabot

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Niña, Pinta, and the

• Cortes

• Isabella

• Santa Maria

• Tordesillas

Which conquistador landed on the east coast of present-day Mexico in 1519?

• Christopher Columbus

  Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Juan Ponce de León

Which of these is a navigational tool?

• a Astrolabe

• a caravel

• a junk

• a crusade

From where did Portuguese traders buy enslaved Africans in the mid-1400s?

• the Mediterranean Coast

• the Cape of Good Hope

• the Orange River

• the Gold Coast