Age of Exploration Quiz

During the 1400s and 1500s, what did Europeans acquire control of by exploring the world by sea?

• Parts of Asia and the Silk Road

• Control of the entire Asian continent

• The Americas and parts of Asia

• Exclusive trade routes to India

What forced Europeans to look for alternative routes to Asia?

• The lack of new technologies

• Political changes that interrupted the flow of goods overland from Asia to Europe via the Silk Road

• The desire to find new continents

• The overcrowding of traditional trade routes

Which of the following was not one of the four strong kingdoms that emerged in Europe by the end of the 1400s?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• Germany

Who convinced Spain to let him explore another route to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

What was the result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• It ended the war between Spain and Portugal

• It allowed Christopher Columbus to claim new lands for Spain

• It divided unclaimed lands worldwide between Spain and Portugal

• It established the first European settlement in the Americas

How did Hernán Cortés manage to conquer the Aztec Empire?

• By forming an alliance with other Native American tribes

• With a large army of Spanish soldiers

• With a few hundred men, guns, horses, and the help of a Maya woman named Malintzin

• By introducing new diseases to the Aztec population

What was a significant consequence of the diseases brought by Spanish explorers to the Americas?

• They led to the discovery of new medicines

• They caused widespread death in the Native American populations

• They improved the health of the European settlers

• They had no significant impact on the Native American populations

Who crossed Central America in Panama and found the Pacific Ocean?

• Hernán Cortés

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which empire did Francisco Pizarro defeat in Peru?

• The Aztec Empire

• The Inca Empire

• The Maya Empire

• The Olmec Empire

What did Spain's control of Peru lead to?

• The establishment of the United Nations

• The end of the Age of Exploration

• The creation of the world's first global empire

• The independence of South American countries