WorksheetsExpansion and Exploration Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 18mins
What was the main purpose of Columbus' exploration?
Searching for gold in South America
Finding slave labor to bring to Spain
Searching for a water route to Asia
Bringing Spanish settlers to start a new colony
Columbus' exploration and discovery was primarily in this area
South America
Small islands of the Caribbean Sea
Rivers of the Northeast United States
Modern day Mexico and Southwestern U.S.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Columbus traded prisoners of war with the Native Americans
An exchange of gold for the right to live in North America.
Trading goods for slaves throughout the New World
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean
Many of the Native Americans died as a result of
slavery
spread of disease
drowning while exploring the Caribbean Sea
fighting in wars with the Europeans
Who are the conquistadors?
Spanish soldiers-explorers
French sailors that were loyal to the king
slaves obtained from Africa
Aztec leaders that became friends with the Spanish explorers
Where was the Inca empire located?
Florida
Mexico
Caribbean islands
South America
What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade include?
North America, South America, and Brazil
North America, South America, Europe, and Africa
North America, Europe, and Africa
South America, Asia, and Europe
What year did Columbus "discover" the Americas?
1050
1380
1492
1500
According to this map, most African slaves were brought to
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
A major city of the Aztecs is:
Copan
Tikal
Cuzco
Tenochtitlan
What Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs?
Coronado
De Soto
Columbus
Cortez
Francisco Pizarro conquered which ancient civilization?
Incan
Mayan
Aztec
Olmec
What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?
Rome
Constantinople
Athens
Vienna
Which skilled sailors were the first Europeans to reach the Americas around the year 1000.
Spanish
Portuguese
Vikings
English
What kept Spain and Portugal from fighting over land in the New World?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty or Tortillas
Line of Demarcation
Line of Democracy
Polytheism is...
a religious belief system involving many gods and goddesses.
a practice of taking care of parrots.
a religious belief that aliens built all the temples of the ancient world and that the Earth is flat.
the belief that Mr. Sullivan is all powerful and knowing.
What is the oldest city in the United States?
Plymouth
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Augustine, Florida
