The Exploration and The New World

1.   The Spanish came over with three main goals in mind for exploration.

Which of the following was NOT one of their objectives?

• Spreading religion

• Expanding slavery

• Political Rivalries

• D.  Economic expansion

Ferdinand Magellan is credited with accomplishing something pretty incredible, even though he did not make it to the end of the voyage. What is he known for?

• Finding the New World

• Circumnavigating the world

• Defeating the Aztecs

• Spreading Christianity

This explorer realized that Columbus did not land in the West Indies as he thought but had discovered new lands. The new lands were then named after this individual, who later sailed on his own along the coast of South America.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando De Soto

• Jacques Cartier                

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which of the following is Not responsible for motivating European exploration in the Americas?

• Study of new climates in the Western Hemisphere

• Spread of religious beliefs to New World populations

• Territorial claim and colonial expansion in new lands

• Demonstration of glory and political power

As the indigenous population decreased from disease, Europeans needed a labor to work plantations, they looked to _______ to meet their labor needs.

• Spanish Servants

• Irish Farmers

• African Slaves

• Asian Rice Farmers

European Nations initially explored to find another trade route to _____ (Where were they trying to go FIRST)

• North America

• Alabama

• Africa

• Asia

What religion did the Europeans spread to the New World?

• Islam

•                                   Hinduism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

A Portuguese explorer. Invented the caravel.

Taught the art and science of exploration at his naval academy.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Vasco de Gama

What development of the Columbian Exchange led to large scale slavery?

• Agriculture (Farming)

• Government

• Polytheism

• Architecture

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• The exploration of new lands in Africa and the Americas by Europeans.

• The exchange of technologies, plants, animals, and ideas between Europe, Africa and the Americas.

• The poor treatment of American Indians by European explorers and colonists.

• The new trading routes to the Americas established by Cortes.