WorksheetsEuropean Exploration
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 1hrs 18mins
What were early European explorers who came to North America looking for?
The Silk Road
The Cape of Good Hope
The North Pole
The Northwest Passage
The trade of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas in 1400s and 1500s was known as
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Columbian Exchange
The Slave Trade
How did the Colombian Exchange affect many Americans Indian groups?
They grew in number
They died from diseases
They became prosperous
They were forced to move
What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?
To protect American Indians
To trade with American Indians
To teach their religion to the American Indians
To learn about the customs of the American Indians
Who financed Columbus' expedition?
England
Spain
France
Portugal
What is a Spanish Conquistador?
a missionary
a financial investor
a plantation owner
a conquerer
First European credited with discovering the New World
Hernando Cortes
Ponce de Leon
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Who is best remembered for conquering the Incas in South America
Hernando Cortes
Ponce de Leon
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Spanish explorers who conquered lands for Spain.
conquistadors
explorers
colony
navigator
Widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, disease, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.
cultural diffusion
Columbian Exchange
convert
claim
Gold, God, and Glory ....
Reasons to explore North America
Reasons to explore route to Asia
Effects of slavery on Native Americans
Effects of European exploration
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to America?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Australia
Asia
Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?
Cortez
Pizarro
Balboa
Magellan
A person who directs the routes on expeditions
conquistador
Explorer
Colony
navigator
The name of the water route Europeans believed that went through North America to the Pacific Ocean which would lead them to Asia.
Northwest Passage
Old World
Indigenous
New World
Originating or occurring natural in a place
Northwest Passage
Old World
Indigenous
New World
Columbian Exchange
Large farms that grow one type of crop.
A treaty between Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation.
The exchange of plants, customs, and animals between Europe and the Americas.
Spanish trading post and center of government.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spanish trading post and center of government
Water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Treaty between Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation.
Huge fleet of Spanish Warships
Line of Demarcation
Boundary between Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World.
Catholic Church Property
The exchange of plants and animals between the Americas and Europe.
Spanish Military Base
This European Explorer conducted four explorations to the New World but disappeared in America after his crew mutinied his ship the Discovery.
Amerigo Vespucci
Jacques Cartier
Henry Hudson
Coronado
This European Explorer claimed lands in what is now Canada for the French.
Ponce de Leon
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
This Spanish Explorer explored what is considered modern day Florida
Coronado
Ponce de Leon
De Soto
Cortes
This Spanish Explorer explored what is now the southwestern corner of the United States. He was said to be looking for the "Seven Cities of Gold".
Cartier
Ponce de Leon
De Soto
Coronado
This Spanish Explorer explored what is the southeastern part of the United States. He died on the expedition and his remains were buried in the Mississippi River.
De Soto
Coronado
Ponce De Leon
Pizzaro
Jacques Cartier sailed for which European Country?
England
Spain
Portugal
France
Henry Hudson sailed for which European Country?
England
France
Spain
Portugal
