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Age of Exploration Quiz

Authored by Jahir Hernandez

History

7th Grade

Age of Exploration Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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