WorksheetsAge of Discovery Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s
Conquistador
line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the non-European world into two zones, one controlled by Spain and the other by Portugal
Line of Demarcation
representatives who ruled one of Spain's provinces in the Americas in the king's name
the global exchange of goods, ideas, plants and animals, and disease that began with Columbus's exploration of the Americas
treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494 which divided the non-European world between the two nations
war between Britain and France in the Americas that happened from 1754 to 1763; it was part of a global war called the Seven Years' War
to travel completely around the world
Circumnavigate
French possession in present-day Canada from the 1500s to 1763
territory settled and ruled by people from another land
policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver
members of an English Protestant group who wanted to "purify" the Church of England
colonial trade routes among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves
right the Spanish government granted to its American colonists to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans
English Protestants who rejected the Church of England
Pilgrims
the leg of the triangular trade route on which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
mapmaker
Which European country was the first to send out Explorers?
What country came next to explore after Portugal?
Christopher Columbus explored where?
Vasco Da Gama went to this country?
Fernidand Magellan did what?
The 3 G's that motivated Europeans to explore the new World
What were the two technologies that made it easier for Europeans to explore the world during the Age of Discovery?
Astrolabe and Caravel
Who was the leader of the Portuguese that opened a sailing school that paved the way for the start Age of Exploration?
What two Portuguese explorers who went around Africa in order to find a water route to India.
This man is credited with the discovery of the Americas in 1492.
Which Treaty was signed in 1494 between the Spanish and the Portuguese that divided the world based on the Line of Demarcation?
Who is "America" named after?
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Who conquered the Incan Empire?
What group of Natives did Columbus conquer?
The Native American population of Mexico in 1492 has been estimated at 25 million; the population in 1608 has been estimated at 1.7 million. This decrease in population was mainly a result of
These people were Spanish representatives appointed by the King and Queen to manage the day-to-day activities in their overseas Colonies.
These people came to the New World to convert Native Americans to Christanity
Jesuits
The _____________________ forced Native Americans to work under brutal conditions in gold and silver mines and plantations across Spain's colonies in the New World.
Which group of people spoke out against the economic system that was decimating the Native populations?
Priests
Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor because
the high demand for labor in agriculture and the decline of indigenous populations from disease.
List all the French Explorers responsible for discovering and setting up New France in North America.
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Sieur de La Salle
Lewis and Clark
The first permenant English colony is the New World was called_________________.
What crop made the first permenant English settlement thrive and become profitable?
The Pilgrims established
The Dutch established
New Netherlands
The Puritans established
Who was the explorer who founded New Netherlands for the Dutch?
The _________________ was ordered by King Charles II to capture the Dutch colony in the New World. It was named ________________ after the Dutch surrendered without a fight.
Duke of York, New York
What was the name of the conflict fought between the British and French in North America from 1754-1763 in which the British won and added New France to their empire?
Maize and potatoes were grown in EuropeMillions of Africans suffered during the Middle Passage
Smallpox had devastating effects on native peoples
Spanish language is used in much of Latin America
Which global interaction is illustrated by these statements?
This event was the largest involuntary migration event in human history in which people were taken across continents and forced to work overseas against their will for economic gain.
African Slave Trade
According to the policy of mercantilism, colonies should be
acquired as markets and sources of materials for the mother country
Food brought over from the _________________ made it easier for populations to increase in future generations due to availibility.
Columbian Exchange
