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Week 6 Quiz (new)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
These were all reasons that Europeans set out to explore EXCEPT:
a)

god

b)

gold

c)

glory

d)
to help native Americans
2.
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?
a)
Magellan
b)
Drake
c)
Columbus
d)
da Gama
3.

Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa AND made it all the way to India?

a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
Vasco de Gama
4.

_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia when he landed in what he thought was India, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.

a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
John Cabot
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Alfonso de Albuquerque
5.
This man conquered the Aztec Empire.
a)
Columbus
b)
Cortes
c)
Cabral
d)
Cabot
6.
Columbus believed he had landed in......
a)
China
b)
India
c)
South America
d)
Africa
7.

What countries were involved in the Age of Exploration?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

France

e)

all answer choices are correct

8.

Who conquered the Inca Empire?

a)

Pizarro

b)

Cortes

c)

de Soto

d)

Vespucci

9.
A patron of explorers;established navigation school 
a)
Hernan Cortez 
b)
Prince Henry 
c)
Bartolomeu Dias 
d)
Vasco da Gama 
10.

First to sail around the southern tip of Africa and establish the Cape of Good Hope

a)
Francisco Pizarro 
b)
Prince Henry the Naviagtor
c)
Sir Francis Drake 
d)
Bartolomeu Dias 
11.

Conquistador is a spanish word that means.....

a)

crazy man

b)

soldier

c)

conqueror

12.

This word, meaning Requirement in Spanish, was a document that would be read aloud as an ultimatum to natives in the Americas. They would either accept Spanish rule and convert to Christianity or they would be either enslaved on encomiendas (plantations and mines) or killed.

a)

Castille document

b)

Conquistador

c)

Requerimiento

d)

Caribbean Essays

13.

This system describes the usage of plantations and mines where Native Americans were enslaved and forced to work.

a)

Encomienda system

b)

Taino

c)

Mestizo

d)

conquistadores

14.

In the casta system (the race based class system used in Spanish colonies), this was the title given to Spaniards in the colonies who were born in Spain and the traveled to the new world. They have the most power in the casta pyramid.

a)

encomienda

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Taino

d)

Mestizo

15.

In the casta system (the race based class system used in Spanish colonies), this was the title given to those of mixed race.

a)

encomienda

b)

Peninsulares

c)

Taino

d)

Mestizo