
Age of Exploration Quiz
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9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which happened first?
Ponce de Leon’s discovery of Florida
Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas
Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas
Balboa’s first sighting of the Pacific Ocean
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Europeans undertook the first long voyages of exploration for all of the following reasons except
a longing for riches
a desire for fame
a need to escape overcrowding in Europe
a wish to spread Christianity
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which explorer, sailing for Spain, set out to find a westward route to India?
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomeu Dias
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Spain and Portugal were allowed to divide the non-Christian world between them as a result of
the Treaty of Tordesillas
Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe
de Soto’s expedition to Florida
the discovery of a Northwest Passage
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The conquistador who conquered the Aztecs was
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco de Coronado
Hernado de Soto
Hernando Cortes
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a reason that the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs and the Incas?
They had better weapons.
They made allies of Indian tribes.
They had more soldiers.
They were ruthless and determined.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Conquistadores were attracted to the Americas by:
A. Rumors of Indians’ advanced technology.
B. Warm weather.
.
C. Stories of riches and desire to convert Natives to
Christianity.
D. An opportunity for peasants to move up in society
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