Age of Exploration Test

Who started a school in Portugal for sailing, mapmaking, and navigation?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Prince Henry “the Navigator”

Which of the following was the leader of the Aztecs at the time of Cortes’ arrival?

• Atahualpa

• Pizarro

• Hiawatha

• Moctezuma II

Which native American civilization did Pizarro conquer?

• Inca

• Maya

• Aztec

• all of the above

Christopher Columbus set sail to...

• Find a new, faster trade route to Asia.

• Find gold in new lands.

• Spread Christianity.

• All of the above

The expeditions of Conquistadors Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro resulted in the...

• Destruction of the Aztec and Inca empires.

• Capture of Brazil by Portugal.

• Colonization of North America by Portugal.

• Exploration of the East Indies.

Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor because

• Aztecs refused to work on plantations.

• they believed Native Americans were not human.

• disease had killed millions of Native Americans.

• African slaves were less expensive than Native American slaves.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• When the Spanish conquistadors traded their Incan hostages for gold on the border between Columbia and Peru.

• The exchange of plants, animals and disease between the Old World and the New World.

• When Columbus made the first trade of glass beads for gold with the Native Americans.

• The trading of information between European nations after their various voyages of exploration.

According to the map titled “The Slave Trade,” the greatest number of African slaves were taken to…

• British North America

• Brazil

• The British West Indies

• The French West Indies

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• The treaty to help end the 100 Years’ War.

• The name given for the route to North America.

• Treaty between Spain and Portugal, giving Spain all land to the West, and Portugal all discovered land to the East.

• The name of Christopher Columbus’ ship at the time of his Atlantic Crossing

According to the map titled “The Slave Trade,” where were most slave forts located?

• The Cape of Good Hope

• The west coast of Africa

• The Middle Passage

• Brazil