Topic 2 Review

Which of the following is NOT a reason for European exploration?

• to spread Christianity

• to obtain land

• to gain freedom

• to gain wealth

A reawakening of cultural and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s

• technology

• the renaissance

• the crusades

• the age of exploration

An Italian explorer that excited Europeans with tales of his explorations in China

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

Which two European powers were the first to explore the world by sea?

• England

• Italy

• Spain

• Portugal

What German priest nailed a list of complaints on he door of a local Cahtolic church questioning the power of the Catholic leaders?

• Vasco da Gama

• King Henry VIII

• Martin Luther

• King Ferdinand

The Reformation led to a new form of Christianity called...

• Catholicism

• Muslim

• Religion

• Protestantism

This explorer died in the Philippines, but his crew were the first to circumnavigate the world.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Francisco Pizzaro

This conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire...

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

A global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and even diseases...

• the Crussades

• the Renaissance

• the Reforamtion

• the Columbian Exchange

The English sea explorer and navigator whose crew se him and his son adrift in a small boat, never to be seen again.

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

• Giovanni de Verrazano

• Vasco da Gama