WorksheetsEuropean Exploration and Its Motivations
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
Though never a sailor himself, he created a school for exploration in Portugal that trained others.
Prince Henry "The Naviator"
Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?
Cortez
Pizarro
Balboa
Magellan
In the 1400s, the first Portuguese explorers sailed along the coast of Africa. What was the main purpose of their voyages?
finding a water route to India’s spices
finding natives who would trade with them
finding slaves who could be sold in other lands
finding a new world that no European had ever seen
- Invention of the compass and astrolabe
- European dependence on spices from Asia
- Rise of nation-states in Europe
These developments influenced the start of the
Crusades
Renaissance
Age of Exploration
Reformation
Why did Europeans begin to explore?
They wanted a new route instead of the Silk Road
a sea route to Asia would make purchasing goods easier and cheaper
Europeans wanted to spread Christianity
all of the above
The journeys of Vasco da Gama, Bartholomeu Dias, and Christopher Columbus became possible in the late 1400s because of the
support of exploration by the English government
trade connections established by Ibn Battuta
effects of the Atlantic slave trade
development of new navigational instruments and technology
The country that launched the Age of Discovery was:
Spain
England
Portugal
France
He led the first voyage around the world:
Henry the Navigator
Dias
Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Who were the "conquistadors?"
catholic missionaries
Spanish explorers
Aztec rulers
French adventurers
Who conquered the Inca Empire in South America? This is from the longer video we watched...
Pizarro
Cortes
de Soto
Vespucci
What was one impact of European exploration on Native American Indians?
European farming techniques were quickly adopted
Many Native American Indians were resettled throughout Europe
Conflicts between native American Indian tribes ended
Diseases brought by Europeans caused large numbers of deaths
All of the following are reasons for European exploration except:
Glory
Gold
Oil
Spices
The Incan King, who was captured and then killed by Pizarro and his conquistadors.
Atahualpa
Montezuma
Sitting Bull
Columbus
Jarod Diamond, the famous geographer, suggested that Europeans conquered most of the world because...
They were "geographically blessed" and lucky
They were just better
They had electricity
They didn't actually conquer the world.
This specific disease was responsible for the largest number of Native American deaths.
Typhoid
Covid
Small Pox
This country was the first to sail around the bottom of Africa and make it to southeast Asia, and were able to set up a monopoly on the "Spice Trade".
Portugal
Spain
England
France
What treaty split up the world between Spain and Portugal to seek colonies and avoid fighting each other.
The Vienna Treaty
The Paris Accord
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Spain started this system in a plan to "take care" of the Native American people in their colonies, but instead, they did not protect them and killed many of these people off intentionally or otherwise.
The Marshall Plan
Hospitalidad
The Monroe Doctrine
The Encomienda System
