WorksheetsExploration and Colonization TEST
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
A map maker
encomienda
conquistador
tariff
cartographer
English Protestants who rejected practices of the Church of England
encomienda
conquistador
Pilgrim
tariff
Which of the following best explained why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?
They wanted to find new trade routes.
They wanted to conquer new lands.
They wanted to spread Islam.
They wanted to test new navigational tools.
Which of the following represents a Native American influence on European colonists?
horses
corn
Christianity
disease
Who began a vast global exchange that included people, plants, technologies, and cultures?
Samuel de Champlain
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomé de las Casas
Hernan Cortés
Which of the following statements accurately describes the economic policy of mercantilism?
It downplayed the role of government in stimulating economic growth.
It discouraged the establishment of overseas colonies.
It encouraged trade by abolishing laws that regulated trade.
It was based on a belief that a nation’s real wealth was measured in its gold and silver treasure.
After the Europeans arrived in the Caribbean, what caused the deaths of countless Native Americans?
wars
diseases
hurricanes
droughts
Which goods did Europeans trade for slaves in Africa in the triangular trade system?
Asian luxury items
Raw materials such as sugar and lumber
Manufactured goods such as guns and alcohol
American Indian Slaves
One of the main goals of European exploration was to
Form alliances
End mercantilism
Spread Christianity
Find slaves
What is the swollen bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C?
small pox
chicken pox
Alzheimer's
scurvy
Who was the first navigator to sail around the world?
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Montezuma
Who is the explorer from whom America got its name?
Cabot
Vespucci
Da Gama
Cortez
Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Jacques Cartier
Francisco Pizarro
Montezuma II
Hernan Cortez
Set up a navigation school for Portugal.
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Prince Henry
Vasco Da Gama
Hernan Cortez
Funded Columbus’ voyages to the Americas.
Vasco Da Gama
King Ferdinand/Queen Isabella
Hernan Cortez
Christopher Columbus
Conquered Peru for the Spanish.
Jacques Cartier
Francisco Pizarro
Montezuma II
Hernan Cortez
The French colonial economy was based largely on…
exports of Native American weaving and pottery
tobacco farming
the mining of gold and silver
fur and fish trading
In the Spanish empire, these were mixed Spanish and Native Americans near the bottom of the colonial class system.
creoles
Mestizo
Mulattos
Natives
What was the first successful British colony in North America?
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
Charleston
