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WorksheetsEuropean Exploration
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Identify the Conquistador correctly matched with the culture he conquered.
Desoto: Aztecs
Magellan: Mayas
Montezuma: Anasazi
Pizarro: Incas
The men largely responsible for Spain's conquest of the New World were known as
condottiere.
encomendieros.
coureurs de bois.
los conquistadors.
The "Middle Passage" referred to
the creation of the Panama Canal in Central America.
the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World.
Lewis and Clark's expedition into the Louisiana Territory.
the best route over the Rocky Mountains to get to California.
The GREATEST impact of the Columbian Exchange was
the annual storage of crops for native peoples.
the transport of slaves from the Americas to Africa.
the spread of new diseases, which led to vaccinations.
the transfer of plants, people, and ideas between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Which pre-Columbian civilization was the earliest to exist?
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Toltec
The expansion and stability of the Inca Empire was aided by
the widespread use of horses for quick communication.
the Aztec policy of swift punishment to stop rebellions.
an extreme network of roads that linked its territories.
its alliance with the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
The voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492
opened the way for Spain to colonize North and South America.
led the way for Portugal to build a vast trading empire in Asia.
led England to claim the vast territory surrounding the Hudson Bay.
showed Spain the way around South America and into the Pacific Ocean.
Who was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail directly from Europe to India?
Vasco de Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Which nation began the large scale importation of enslaved Africans into the New World?
Spain
France
Portugal
Great Britain
The European Age of Exploration would not have been possible without the astrolabe and the compass, both of which were adapted from
African kings.
Muslim sailors.
British merchants.
Byzantine scholars.
How did the slave trade affect the process of religious syncretism in Africa in the 1700s?
Enslaved people were forcibly converted to Christianity.
Europeans and Muslim slave traders introduced Africans to Christianity and Islam.
Conversion to Christianity enabled enslaved persons to gain freedom.
Enslaved Africans introduced African traditions to Christian and Muslim slave traders.
Incan agricultural success would not have been possible without which of these?
horses
sugarcane
steel plows
terraced farming
Which of these proves that the Maya understood the scientific concept of "seasons"?
They controlled trade.
They were skilled farmers.
They did not sacrifice humans.
They taught the Spanish explorers.
Which European country was responsible for the reintroduction of horses to North America?
The English
The Spanish
The Italians
The Portuguese
What was the purpose of the astrolabe quadrant?
Navigation tool
Geometry problems
A rudder for a boat
Time and metered music
