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God, Glory and Gold

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did Christopher Columbus meet when he got to North America?

a)

Indians (from India)

b)

Taino Native Americans

c)

South Americans

d)

Other European Explorers

2.
An agreement in 1494 between Spain and Portugal to divide the lands in the western hemisphere.
a)
Treaty of Tordesillas
b)
Spanish Armada
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Mercantilism
3.
I am an Italian sailor, I looked for a faster water route to Asia.
a)
Bartolome de Las Casas
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Henry Hudson
4.
A transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and Eastern hemispheres.
a)
Mercantilism
b)
Colombian Exchange
c)
Treaty of Tordesillas
d)
Spanish Armada
5.
Who conquered the Aztecs?
a)
Hernando Cortez
b)
Bartolome de Las Casas
c)
Christopher Comlumbus
d)
Fransisco Pizarro
6.
How did the Colombian Exchange affect Europe?
a)
They died from diseases from America
b)
Sailors were lost at sea
c)
New Crops were introduced
d)
Sailors were killed by Pirates
7.
How did the Spanish rule affect Native Americans?
a)
They Prospered
b)
They were inslaved
c)
They were educated in their own language
8.
An economic system that increased money in a country’s treasury by creating trade.
a)
Colombian Exchange
b)
Spanish Armada
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Treaty of Tordesillas
9.
How did slavery influence racial attitudes among Europeans?
a)
It lead to racism
b)
it made everyone like each other
c)
it did away with racism
10.
An English explorer who sailed for the Dutch and landed on the coast of New York.
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
John Cabot
d)
Hernando Cortez
11.

The Spanish built a large empire, which included ________ ( Mexico and part of what is now Guatemala.

a)

New Spain

b)

New France

c)

New England

d)

New York

12.

An English explorer who sailed for the Dutch and landed on the coast of New York.

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Cabot

d)

Hernando Cortez

13.

Montezuma was

a)

A ride at Knotts

b)

Leader of Mexico, Thought the Spanish were gods.

c)

The Aztec emperor. Thought the Spanish and Cortez were gods.

d)

Emperor of California

14.

Mestizo is when Spanish settlers and Native women have children together.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Encomienda

a)

The fountain of youths location

b)

Natives who participated freely to labor for Spanish rulers

c)

Spanish laborer who were enslaved by the natives

d)

a labor system where Spanish encomendero was granted a number of native laborers who would pay tributes to him in exchange for his protection.