Age of Exploration Quiz

Which Portuguese sailor reached India in 1498?

• Diaz

• Vasco da Gama

• Magellan

• Columbus

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

What is the Columbian Exhange?

• Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

• Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

• Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

• Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

• The Middle Passage

• The Long Journey

• The Long Passage

• The Middle Journey

If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?

• A rhododendron

• An Oval

• A Square

• A Triangle

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure

• God, Glory, Gold

• God, Glory, Gallantry

• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Queen Isabella
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan 

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

Which civilization settled in the Andes Mountains of South America?

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca