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Indigenous Populations and Exploration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Treaty of Tordesillas....

a)

Gave half the world to Spain and half to Portugal

b)

gave permission to all of Europe to colonize the west

c)

spread Christianity to the West

d)

recognized the natives and worked with them

2.

Motivating factors to explore the new world were...

a)

Riches, Religion, & Respect

b)

spices & weapons

c)

Gold, God, & Glory

d)

New ideas

3.

Prince Henry

a)

Started a school for sailors

b)

Initiated the Atlantic Slave Trade

c)

Was called Price Henry the Navigator

d)

All of the above

4.

Bartholomew Dias was the first Portuguese sailor to reach India

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Spain and Portugal respected the Treaty of Tordesillas for what reason?

a)

Both countries were still under the Pope's rule

b)

The treaty gave them what was rightfully theirs

c)

Both countries were trying to move away from the church

d)

The treaty allowed both countries to earn more income

6.

What does this map tell us about the New World?

a)

Portugal essentially got all of the new world

b)

Italy was given rights to India, Africa, and Australia

c)

Spain was given a portion of Asia and most of the new world

d)

The Netherlands were a portion of Asia and most of the new world

7.

Which of the following improvements to sailing did Prince Henry the Navigator make?

a)

Better sails that could go against the wind

b)

All captains had to be able to read

c)

All ships had to bring a compass

d)

All of the Above

8.

Columbus first landed where in 1492?

a)

Caribbean and Central America

b)

Florida

c)

Hawaii

d)

All of the Above

9.

Who funded all three of Columbus' Voyages?

a)

Ferdinand and Isabella

b)

Catherine of Aragon and King Henry

c)

Monarchs of Portugal

d)

Shrek and Fiona

10.

Columbus' goal of his first voyage was to...

a)

Figure out what the New World had to offer

b)

Establish a western trade route to China

c)

Colonize the new world

d)

Establish a western trade route to India

11.

Spain's reaction to Columbus in one word:

a)

disappointed

b)

impressed

c)

annoyed

d)

excited

12.

_____ is the name of the tribe Columbus enslaved, killed, and tortured.

a)

Tupi

b)

Taino

c)

Cherokee

d)

Shawnee

13.

The New World also included Antartica and Australia

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Spanish and Portuguese explorers

a)

Planned to colonize the indians

b)

aimed to establish trade in the New World

c)

Were hoping to make bank trading with India

d)

were good dudes

15.

The encomienda system...

a)

Promised protection for indigenous Taino people

b)

Had the goal of converting natives to Catholicism

c)

Was a form of slavery

d)

All of the above

16.

The following explorer claimed Brazil for Portugal:

a)

Pedro Alvares Cabral

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Lil Yachty

d)

Bartholomew Dias

17.

The Portuguese struggled in South America because...

a)

Andes Mountains

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Climate changes

d)

All of the above

18.

This country imported the majority of enslaved Africans:

a)

Brazil

b)

Hispaniola

c)

America

d)

Cuba

19.

Slavery existed before the Atlantic Slave Trade began

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Triangular Trade Route went from _______ to ________ to ________.

a)

North America, Europe, Africa

b)

North America, India, Africa

c)

Europe, India, Africa

d)

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria