Unit 5 Test Exploration and Mesoamerican Quiz

Which explorer, sailing for Portugal, aimed to sail around Africa to gain access to the Asian spice trade?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Samuel de Champlain

After failing to find a northwest passage to Asia through Canada, who set up fur trade settlements in Quebec, Canada?

• Hernan Cortez

• Samuel de Champlain

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco da Gama

Who circumnavigated the earth by ship from Spain and back again, proving it was not flat?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Marco Polo

• Zheng He

• Christopher Columbus

Who established direct trade with India while bypassing the Italian and Muslim merchants that controlled the overland trade routes?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortez

• Zheng He

Sailing for Spain, which explorer searched for a shorter route to India by heading West through the Atlantic, ultimately landing in the Caribbean?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Zheng He

The men largely responsible for Spain's conquest of the Americas were who?

• Conquistadors

• Explorers

• Missionaries

• Merchants

What was Francisco Pizarro responsible for?

• Conquered the Aztecs

• Conquered the Incas

• Explored Canada

• Led Chinese fleet

What was Hernan Cortez responsible for?

• Conquered the Aztecs

• Conquered the Incas

• Explored Africa

• Discovered India

What explorer lead the Chinese treasure fleet on 7 expeditions to SE Asia, India and Africa for the Ming Dynasty?

• Zheng He

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortez

The Colombian Exchange involved the transfer of what?

• Plants, animals, and diseases

• Only plants

• Only animals

• Only technology