NEW
Font size
WorksheetsSpanish Exploration Text
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Identify three major reasons for European exploration in the Americas.
Development of trade routes for economic profit
Territorial claim and colonial expansion
Spread of religious beliefs to new populations
To study the Weather patterns of the Sea and Development of trade routes
Territorial claim and colonial expansion
Spread of religious views to protestant populations
Development of trade routes for economic profit
Territorial claim and colonial expansion
Spread of religious beliefs to new populations
Study weather patterns of the sea
Which statement identifies how the voyages of discovery contributed to a changing worldwide view in European society?
Mercantilism declined due to new discoveries
Maps accurately depicted new regions
Powerful monarchs lost power as merchants gained wealth
Europeans adopted traditional customs from other regions
Mexico was colonized by which country?
France
England
Portugal
Spain
Which number represents an area colonized by a Catholic Power?
Number 4
Number 3
Number 2
Number 1
How were the declines of the Aztec and Incan Empires similar?
They were both caused by famines.
They were both caused by European invasions.
They were both caused by natural disasters.
They were both caused by rapid changes in climates.
Which of these describes a result of the Columbian Exchange?
The introduction of the horse to Europe caused an increase in agricultural output.
The introduction of gunpowder to Europe caused war fatalities to increase.
The introduction of smallpox to the Americas caused the American Indian population to decrease.
The introduction of the potato and corn to the Americas caused a famine when crops were hit by disease.
What was one effect of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas during the Age of Exploration?
Extinction of several species of native livestock
Creation of a confederacy of American Indian peoples
Introduction of the African slave trade
Improvements in industrial practices
A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain is called a
Colony
Pilgrim
Conquistador
Pioneer
What did the Spanish set up to convert Native Americans to Christianity?
Plantations
Mission Settlements
Religious Universities
Trading Posts
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
To find a faster trade route to Asia.
To travel the world.
To find gold in South Africa.
To launch a surprise attack on England.
Which country landed in the New World first?
Italy
England
Spain
Chicago
The New World is ____________.
The Americas
The English
The Open Land
The Land of Opportunity
Exploration began with a trade route to what continent?
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarticia
What are the 3 Gs?
Greed, God, Glory
Gold, Green, Girls
Greed, Green, Girls
God, Gold, Glory
When Christopher Columbus landed in what he thought was Asia what did he call the people who lived there?
Aliens
New Spanish
Eurekas
Indians
To travel for the purpose of discovery
Discovery
Exploration
Monopolize
control of a place or people by use of military force:
nomadic
Conquest
Conquistador
Empire
group of states or countries under a single supreme authority
Conquest
Conquistador
Empire
Cultural diffusion
•spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures. These different cultures all have many diverse types of food, clothing and even languages
Cultural diffusion
Conquistador
Conquest
Columbian Exchange
widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Afro-Eurasia) in the late 15th and following centuries.
Conquistador
Columbian Exchange
Cultural diffusion
Conquest
