Exploration and Expansion

a land controlled by a distant nation.

• Colony
• Columbian Exchange
• Conquistador

What is NOT a reason Europeans explore their world?

• God - to spread Christianity
• Glory - to be the first to find a water route to China and India
• Gold - to find resources, including gold, to make their countries rich
• Goodwill - to help those less fortunate in the world

He established a school to teach sailors how to improve their navigation skills

• Prince Henry
• Bartolome Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

He was the first explorer to find a direct sea route to India

• Prince Henry
• Bartolome Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century.

• Colony
• Columbian Exchange
• Conquistador

the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas.

• Colony
• Columbian Exchange
• Conquistador

He and his crew were the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa

• Prince Henry
• Bartolome Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

Why was Mali's city of Timbuktu important?

• For its great supplies of gold and silver
• For its Islamic university that established it as a scholarly center
• For its great architecture and art
• For its strict rules and bad attitude toward outsiders

Which Afro Eurasian livestock were brought to the Americas?

• Turkeys, buffalo and cats
• Horses, pigs, sheep, cattle, chicken and goats
• Fish, lobsters and whales
• Honey Bees, foxes and giraffes

Why were Francisco Pizarro and his men able to conquer the Inca?

• The Spanish were stronger than the Inca
• The Inca did not believe in war
• The Spanish tricked the Inca into joining the Spanish empire
• The Incas believed that the Spanish might be gods, so they did not bring weapons