Age of Exploration Study Guide

What did the Columbian Exchange cause to happen?

• Sharing of new ideas & products caused economic growth 

• Sharing of new ideas & products caused the economy to get worse

• Europeans were killed by American diseases.

• A sharing of jobs in both the Americas and Europe between Native Americans and immigrants

What was one result of the Columbian Exchange for the Europeans?

• Europe's military grew

• Europe's population grew

• Europe was a new place for vacations

• Nothing really happened

Who was the first European to reach the Americas in 1492?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernán Cortés

Which explorer is credited with proving that the New World was not Asia, but a separate continent?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Francisco Pizarro

Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Juan Ponce de León

Which Spanish conquistador is known for conquering the Aztec Empire?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernán Cortés

• Juan Ponce de León

• Robert Cavelier de La Salle

Who was the Spanish explorer that conquered the Inca Empire?

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer is known for searching for the Fountain of Youth in Florida?

• Juan Ponce de León

• Robert Cavelier de La Salle

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernán Cortés

Who explored the Mississippi River and claimed the region for France?

• Christopher Columbus

• Robert Cavelier de La Salle

• Francisco Pizarro

• Amerigo Vespucci

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• A trade route between Europe and Asia

• The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds

• A treaty between Spain and Portugal

• A currency system used by explorers