Age of Exploration

The exchange of goods, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?

• Tradism
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Columbian Exchange

Who was responsible for establishing Spain's claims in the New World?

• Columbo
• Dias
• Cabral
• Columbus

What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?

• They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
• They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
• They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
• They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.

As a result of the Colombian Exchange and contact with Europeans, millions of Native Americans died as a result of what?

• New Foods, which the Native Americans could not  digest
• Religious persecution  from the Spanish Inquisition
• New diseases for which the Native Americans had no natural immunity
• Slavery, and their terrible journey across the ocean

How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?

• He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again
• He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people
• He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it
• Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

• Francisco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Franz Ferdinand

• Francisco Pizarro

What was the Northwest Passage? (Did not exist)

• An old Native American hunting trail

• A road that connects California to New York

• a water route to Florida from Pennsylvania

• a water route to Asia through Canada

What was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado searching for in the Americas?

• The Grand Canyon

• The 7 Cities of Gold

• India

• A water route to Asia

Who were the "conquistadors?"

• catholic missionaries

• Spanish explorers

• Aztec rulers

• French adventurers