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Exploration and Colonization TEST

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A map maker

a)

encomienda

b)

conquistador

c)

tariff

d)

cartographer

2.

English Protestants who rejected practices of the Church of England

a)

encomienda

b)

conquistador

c)

Pilgrim

d)

tariff

3.

Which of the following best explained why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?

a)

They wanted to find new trade routes.

b)

They wanted to conquer new lands.

c)

They wanted to spread Islam.

d)

They wanted to test new navigational tools.

4.

Which of the following represents a Native American influence on European colonists?

a)

horses

b)

corn

c)

Christianity

d)

disease

5.

Who began a vast global exchange that included people, plants, technologies, and cultures?

a)

Samuel de Champlain

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Bartolomé de las Casas

d)

Hernan Cortés

6.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the economic policy of mercantilism?

a)

It downplayed the role of government in stimulating economic growth.

b)

It discouraged the establishment of overseas colonies.

c)

It encouraged trade by abolishing laws that regulated trade.

d)

It was based on a belief that a nation’s real wealth was measured in its gold and silver treasure.

7.

After the Europeans arrived in the Caribbean, what caused the deaths of countless Native Americans?

a)

wars

b)

diseases

c)

hurricanes

d)

droughts

8.

Which goods did Europeans trade for slaves in Africa in the triangular trade system?

a)

Asian luxury items

b)

Raw materials such as sugar and lumber

c)

Manufactured goods such as guns and alcohol

d)

American Indian Slaves

9.

One of the main goals of European exploration was to

a)

Form alliances

b)

End mercantilism

c)

Spread Christianity

d)

Find slaves

10.

What is the swollen bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C?

a)

small pox

b)

chicken pox

c)

Alzheimer's

d)

scurvy

11.

Who was the first navigator to sail around the world?

a)

Amerigo Vespucci

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Montezuma

12.

Who is the explorer from whom America got its name?

a)

Cabot

b)

Vespucci

c)

Da Gama

d)

Cortez

13.

Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Montezuma II

d)

Hernan Cortez

14.

Set up a navigation school for Portugal.

a)

Pedro Álvares Cabral

b)

Prince Henry

c)

Vasco Da Gama

d)

Hernan Cortez

15.

Funded Columbus’ voyages to the Americas.

a)

Vasco Da Gama

b)

King Ferdinand/Queen Isabella

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Christopher Columbus

16.

Conquered Peru for the Spanish.

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Francisco Pizarro

c)

Montezuma II

d)

Hernan Cortez

17.

The French colonial economy was based largely on…

a)

exports of Native American weaving and pottery

b)

tobacco farming

c)

the mining of gold and silver

d)

fur and fish trading

18.

In the Spanish empire, these were mixed Spanish and Native Americans near the bottom of the colonial class system.

a)

creoles

b)

Mestizo

c)

Mulattos

d)

Natives

19.

What was the first successful British colony in North America?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Roanoke

c)

Jamestown

d)

Charleston