Age of Exploration Test

What were the 3 reasons/motives the conquistadors came to the New World?

• God, Gold, Goods

• God, Gold, Glory

  
  

• Gold, Silver, Bronze

  
  

• God, Land, Spices

  
  

Used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies, and to estimate time

• Compass

• Octant

• Sextant

• Astrolabe

• compass

• gunpowder

• chronometer

• astrolabe

The land route connecting Europe to Asia and India for the purpose of trade.

• Exploration

• Silk Road

  
  

• Traverse

• Marine Silk Road

How did the Fall of Constantinople impact the Age of Exploration?

• Inspired explorers to find new land

  
  

• Cut off trade routes leading people to have to explore to find new ones

  
  

• Forced the citizens to find another place to live

  
  

• Inspired Magellan to circumnavigate the world

  
  

Who did Pizarro conquer?

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Spain

• Netherlands

Who did Cortez conquer?

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Netherlands

• Spain

Political and economic competition mainly between _______ and ___________.

These two countries became rivals and tried to stop each other from claiming land in the Americas.

• Spain and Netherlands

  
  

• Spain and Portugal

  
  

• Spain and Dutch

  
  

• Spain and France

  
  

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.

• Christopher Columbus

• Magellan

• Sir Francis Drake

• Marco Polo

Conquistadors were from which country?

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

• England