Studies Weekly Newspaper Week 18 Test

1. What best describes this picture?

• the Silk Road
• the Ottoman Empire
• the Age of Exploration
• The Columbian Exchange

2. How did Spanish explorers like Francisco Pizarro and Hernán Cortés treat the native people they found in South America?

• They were kind and helpful.

• They took their wealth.

• They attacked them.

• They forcibly conquered them even though they were cooperating.

3. When they reached North America, many explorers thought they had reached ________________

• Asia
• Africa
• Norway
• Turkey

4. Which is NOT an example of the three Gs?

• spreading Christianity
• increasing knowledge
• seeking precious metals
• rushing to start colonies

5. Why did explorers search for a sea route to Asia?

• The Ottoman Empire was blocking trade.
• European countries wanted to expand.
• Missionaries wanted to convert people.
• Merchants needed to find new products

6. What were the three Gs? Select all that apply.

• Graphs
• Glory
• Gold
• God

7. Columbus found what he was looking for in his exploration.

• True
• False

7. created in 1507 at the beginning of the Age of Exploration it is considered the most accurate map of that time

• Waldseemuller map
• Ottoman Empire
• Songhai Empire
• trade route

8. Spanish soldier who explored and conquered lands around the world

• caravans
• "Indies"
• patrons
• conquistador

9. trade route between Europe and “Indies"

• Columbian Exchange
• Silk Road
• Ottoman Empire
• caravans