Exploration Era Quiz Week 1

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

The Colombian Exchange can be described as:

• An economic policy that promotes strengthening a nation by expanding its trade

• The exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemisphere

• The process of establishing settlements called colonies

The Spanish sent several Conquistadors to the New World. Conquistador means

• An explorer who conquered a group of people and their land.

• An explorer who conquered wild horses in the New World.

• An explorer who claimed a river valley for Spain in the New World.

• An explorer who did the Hokey Pokey and turned himself around...because that's what it's all about.

The Columbian Exchange was a movement of _______, between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• people/cultures

• disease

• animals/plants

• all of the above

A new type of ship that was strong, maneuverable, and able to sail against the wind

• Caravel

• Viking Boat

• Canoe

• Pirate Ship

When did Columbus reach the New World?

• 1492
• 1493
• 1997
• 1491

Which European country colonized North America and established 13 colonies for religious, economic, political and social reasons?

• England

• France

• Spain

• China

The "Old World " was considered to be the continents of...

• Europe, Africa, and Asia
• North and South America
• Australia and Canada
• Asia and North America

Which country had the most territory in Central and South America by 1700?

• the Spanish
• the Portuguese
• the British
• the French

TRUE OR FALSE: Europeans found plants and animals in the New World they had never seen before.

• TRUE

• FALSE