
Pre-Explore Test Knowledge
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8th Grade
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Shona Walsh
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Spanish word for explorer.
Nomad
Conquistador
Matador
Vaquero
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The most common reasons to explore the New World were
Food, Fun, and Fame
Gold, God, and Glory
Religion, Routes, Rulers
Gold, Guns, and Goods
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The action of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
traverse
Silk Road
colonization
circumnavigate
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This explorer defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed all of Mexico in the name of Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Marco Polo
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The main motivations for Spanish exploration in the New World were:
To discover riches and to conquer new people groups and enslave them.
To discover adventure, to cure disease, and to find personal glory.
To discover Gold, to spread the word of God, and personal Glory.
To spread the word of God, to escape oppression of their government, and to own their own business.
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