Studies Weekly: Week 20-21

European colonizers were called conquistadors.

• True
• False

What would be the best title for this map?

• Age of Exploration
• New France
• The Ottoman Empire
• The Silk Road

What were many of the early explorers looking for when they set sail?

• a. new cultures
• b. land to settle
• c. a new route to East Asia
• d. a new route to South America

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. ___________ brought by European explorers killed many Indigenous peoples.

• Diseases
• Scurvy
• Weapons
• Foods

Cause: ___________________________________________________. Effect: European governments put money toward exploration.

• The Chinese invented the magnetic compass
• Ancient Greek and Roman texts were rediscovered
• The Ottoman Empire shut down trade with China
• The Roman Catholic Church began a Reformation

Which area was not colonized by Spain?

• a. Brazil
• b. Florida
• c. the Caribbean
• d. Central America

Choose the term that best completes the sentence. The sextant, astrolabe, compass, and latitude and longitude are _________________.

• cartography tools
• colonizer tools
• navigation tools
• trade tools

How were Native Peoples affected by European exploration? Select all that apply

• a. They were exposed to deadly diseases.
• b. They formed powerful alliances.
• c. They traded for horses.
• d. They grew a larger population.

The __________ had the greatest authority in Christian countries.

• Protestants
• Catholics
• monarch
• pope

How did countries use privateers? USE RACES