WorksheetsIndigenous Populations and Exploration
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
The Treaty of Tordesillas....
Gave half the world to Spain and half to Portugal
gave permission to all of Europe to colonize the west
spread Christianity to the West
recognized the natives and worked with them
Motivating factors to explore the new world were...
Riches, Religion, & Respect
spices & weapons
Gold, God, & Glory
New ideas
Prince Henry
Started a school for sailors
Initiated the Atlantic Slave Trade
Was called Price Henry the Navigator
All of the above
Bartholomew Dias was the first Portuguese sailor to reach India
True
False
Spain and Portugal respected the Treaty of Tordesillas for what reason?
Both countries were still under the Pope's rule
The treaty gave them what was rightfully theirs
Both countries were trying to move away from the church
The treaty allowed both countries to earn more income
What does this map tell us about the New World?
Portugal essentially got all of the new world
Italy was given rights to India, Africa, and Australia
Spain was given a portion of Asia and most of the new world
The Netherlands were a portion of Asia and most of the new world
Which of the following improvements to sailing did Prince Henry the Navigator make?
Better sails that could go against the wind
All captains had to be able to read
All ships had to bring a compass
All of the Above
Columbus first landed where in 1492?
Caribbean and Central America
Florida
Hawaii
All of the Above
Who funded all three of Columbus' Voyages?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Catherine of Aragon and King Henry
Monarchs of Portugal
Shrek and Fiona
Columbus' goal of his first voyage was to...
Figure out what the New World had to offer
Establish a western trade route to China
Colonize the new world
Establish a western trade route to India
Spain's reaction to Columbus in one word:
disappointed
impressed
annoyed
excited
_____ is the name of the tribe Columbus enslaved, killed, and tortured.
Tupi
Taino
Cherokee
Shawnee
The New World also included Antartica and Australia
True
False
Spanish and Portuguese explorers
Planned to colonize the indians
aimed to establish trade in the New World
Were hoping to make bank trading with India
were good dudes
The encomienda system...
Promised protection for indigenous Taino people
Had the goal of converting natives to Catholicism
Was a form of slavery
All of the above
The following explorer claimed Brazil for Portugal:
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Christopher Columbus
Lil Yachty
Bartholomew Dias
The Portuguese struggled in South America because...
Andes Mountains
Amazon Rainforest
Climate changes
All of the above
This country imported the majority of enslaved Africans:
Brazil
Hispaniola
America
Cuba
Slavery existed before the Atlantic Slave Trade began
True
False
The Triangular Trade Route went from _______ to ________ to ________.
North America, Europe, Africa
North America, India, Africa
Europe, India, Africa
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
