Practice: Exploration and Spanish Colonization

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided new lands between which two countries?

• England and France

• Spain and Portugal

• Italy and Spain

• France and Portugal

The Line of Demarcation was created to avoid conflict between:

• France and Germany

• Portugal and Spain

• China and Japan

• England and Spain

Marco Polo was known for traveling to which country?

• Japan

• India

• China

• Indonesia

Many Europeans thought Marco Polo’s book was:

• Fiction or made up

• A map

• A law book

• A diary of war

The main goal of European explorers was to find a shorter way to reach:

• America

• Africa

• The Spice Islands

Vasco da Gama was the first European to reach:

• China by land

• India by sea

• Japan by land

• America by ship

Vasco da Gama’s voyage was important because it:

• Started the Silk Road

• Opened sea trade between Europe and Asia

• Closed trade with India

• Divided Spain and Portugal

The Spice Islands were located in present-day:

• Malaysia

• Indonesia

• India

• Thailand

Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines in:

• 1519

• 1521

• 1523

• 1531

Ruy López de Villalobos gave the name “Las Islas Filipinas” to honor:

• King Ferdinand

• King Philip II of Spain

• Queen Isabella

• Prince Charles