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9.9 Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
During the Age of Exploration, Europe looked for sea routes to the East in order to __________.
a)
find a faster trade route to Asia
b)
spread Christianity
c)
colonize new territories
d)
all of the above
2.
What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?
a)
a passage to India by land
b)
a way to the South Pole
c)
a new trade route to India by sea
d)
a new school in Portugal
3.
Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?
a)
wealth
b)
religious conversion
c)
spread disease
d)
economic opportunity
4.
Columbus thought that he had arrived at  ___________, and therefore called the Natives he met Indians.
a)
Cathay
b)
Africa
c)
America
d)
India
5.
Who were the major players in European exploration?
a)
England, Portugal, Spain
b)
England, Italy, Egypt
c)
Portugal, Spain, Sweden 
d)
India, France, Greece
6.
I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.
a)
Cabot
b)
de Leon
c)
Columbus
d)
Cortes
7.
Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
8.
Who sponsored Columbus' expedition to the Americas?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
England
9.
What was the exchange of goods from Europe to the Americas?
a)
Colombian  Exchange
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Livestock Exchange
d)
Cuban Exchange
10.
What good was NOT brought to America by Europeans?
a)
Horse
b)
Disease
c)
Turkey
d)
Pigs
11.
What was responsible for the death of so many Native Americans?
a)
Advanced Weaponry
b)
Tribal Warfare
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Disease
12.
Which is NOT a condition that favored exploration at this time?
a)
Financial interest of rulers in overseas adventures
b)
New Technology and better boats
c)
Renaissance values of interest in the natural and physical world
d)
The invention of the GPS
13.

The trade of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas in 1400s and 1500s was known as

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

The Slave Trade

14.

European explorers came to America for all the following reasons. Select all that apply.

a)

Gold

b)

Goods

c)

God

d)

Glory

15.

In which year did Columbus first reach North America?

a)

32

b)

1308

c)

1492

d)

1608

16.
America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 
a)
United States
b)
New World
c)
Atlanta
d)
Canada
17.
America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 
a)
United States
b)
New World
c)
Atlanta
d)
Canada
18.

Why were most of the 13 colonies settled?

a)

Settlers were escaping religious persecution in Britain

b)

The fur trade provided a lucrative business for them

c)

Settlers heard about indigenous people and wanted to convert them to Christianity

d)

Settlers wanted to make money off of indigenous slave labor

19.

The area in blue was colonized by which country?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Dutch

20.

The area in green was colonized by which country?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Dutch

21.

The area in yellow was colonized by which country?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Dutch

22.

What was the effect of Columbus arriving to America?

a)

People confirmed the world was round.

b)

Influenced exploration by other European countries

c)

Influenced the slave trade from Africa

d)

Increased the price of spices

23.
Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 
a)
Asia
b)
America
c)
Antartica
d)
Australia
24.
To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean. 
a)
Indian
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
d)
Artic
25.
What is the Spanish word for conqueror?
a)
technology
b)
conquistador
c)
settlement
d)
circumnavigate

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