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WorksheetsAge of Exploration!
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was one important effect of the Columbian Exchange?
a)
rapid decline in European population
b)
economic instability of China and Japan
c)
spread of Hinduism into India
d)
introduction of new foods to Europe and the Americas
2.
One reason Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztecs was that -
a)
Aztec religious beliefs promoted nonviolence
b)
Spain joined the Incas in their fight against the Aztecs
c)
the Spanish cavalry outnumbered the Aztec warriors
d)
Spanish soldiers possessed superior military technology
3.
What was a direct result of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?
a)
animism was no longer practiced in Africa
b)
Many West African communities faced population losses
c)
European industrial factories were established throughout Africa
d)
Africans across the continent hired Europeans to train their military
4.
What was the name of the voyage across the Atlantic for the Atlantic slave trade?
a)
Middle Passage
b)
Dutch West India Company
c)
Encomienda System
d)
Northwest Passage
5.
Which Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztecs?
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Vasco de Gama
c)
Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Hernando Cortes
6.
Which American society is responsible for the fortress city of Machu Picchu?
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
7.
Which society is responsible for the ruins of Chichen Itza?
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
Inca
d)
Toltec
8.
Which society had a game involving a rubber ball with wooden rings and losers being sacrificed?
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
Inca
d)
Olmec
9.
Which group of people created "floating gardens" to grow crops?
a)
Aztec
b)
Maya
c)
Toltec
d)
Inca
10.
Which did NOT have a unified writing system?
a)
Aztec
b)
Inca
11.
What is the term for the reconquest of Spain's Muslim areas by Ferdinand and Isabella?
a)
Reconquista
b)
Conquistadors
c)
Excommunication
d)
Encomienda
12.
What was the name of the first permanent English colony in the "New World?"
a)
New Netherland
b)
Fort Orange
c)
New Amsterdam
d)
Jamestown
13.
What was the term for the religious order that built schools, founded hospitals, and taught agricultural skills in Latin America?
a)
Puritans
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Jesuits
d)
Cardinals
14.
Which was not one of the 3 G's?
a)
God
b)
Glory
c)
Gold
d)
Grains
15.
What was the term for the forced labor system in Latin America?
a)
Encomienda System
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Reconquista
d)
Quipu System
16.
Who "sailed the ocean blue in 1492?"
a)
Montezuma
b)
Pizarro
c)
Columbus
d)
Vaca
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