Age of Exploration Test

1. A leader of the Spanish conquests of the Americas

• Conquistador
• Soldier
• Explorer
• Sailor

2. The treaty signed by Spain and Portugal dividing exploration and colonization lands between the two nations

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Treaty of New York
• Treaty of Rome

3. An economic and political system based upon the idea that countries should export more than they import and the idea that money equals power

• Communism
• Capitalism
• Mercantilism
• Socialism

4. The process of a larger country settling and/or establishing control over a new area

• Colonization
• Independence
• Delineation
• Subjugation

5. An area under the political and/or economic control of another country

• Colony
• Province
• State
• Territory

6. The nickname for the country that is making colonies

• Imperial Power
• Colony
• Major Nation
• Mother Country

7. A good/resource brought in to a country from another country

• Import
• Export
• Deport
• Seaport

8. A good/resource sold and shipped to another country

• Import
• Export
• Deport
• Seaport

9. Things that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

• Nonrenewable Resource
• Renewable Resource
• Natural Resource
• Artificial Resource

10. The map below shows the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered the Byzantine Empire and its capital city of Constantinople. How did the expansion of the Ottoman Empire lead to the Age of Exploration?

• The Ottomans traded new goods with Europe and Europeans wanted to find the source of these goods.
• The Ottoman Empire made it harder for Europeans to reach India and China, so explorers wanted to find a new way to get there.
• The Ottomans taught the Europeans how to sail better.
• The Ottomans invaded much of Western Europe, causing people to flee to find new lands to colonize. (Los otomanos invadieron gran parte de Europa occidental, lo que provocó que la gente huyera en busca de nuevas tierras para colonizar.