Age of Exploration

How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the New World?

• They prayed for the Native Americans.
• They became friends and traded goods with the Native Americans.
• They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans.
• They paid them gold to work building colonies for them.

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

• Tradism
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Columbian Exchange

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

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

The country that launched the Age of Discovery was:

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

He led the first voyage around the world:

• Henry the Navigator

• Dias

• Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

Who were the "conquistadors?"

• catholic missionaries

• Spanish explorers

• Aztec rulers

• French adventurers

As a result of the Columbian Exchange:

• Most Native Americans converted to Christianity

• Many new crops came from the Americas

• Spanish explorers discovered a northwest passage

• enslaved Africans were no longer needed as laborers