Age of Exploration

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

• Francisco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Franz Ferdinand

• Francisco Pizarro

What is the Columbian Exhange?

• Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

• Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

• Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

• Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

Diseases like smallpox had a negative impact on Native American populations.

• True

• False

Machu Picchu was....

• A religious village on top of a Mountain, built by the Aztec.

• An Incan phrase for, "Salutations!"

• An elaborate calendar designed by the Maya.

• A religious village on top of a Mountain, built by the Inca

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure

• God, Glory, Gold

• God, Glory, Gallantry

• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

The New World Is the ______________(s)

• The Americas

• The world after WWII

• Europe, Asia, Africa.

• The best song in the movie Aladdin.

Which navigation tool helped European sailors know which direction they were going?

• astrolabe

• magnetic compass

• maps

• none of them

Why did the king and queen of Spain agree to fund Columbus's voyage?

• They wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity.

• They wanted to move to an island in the Caribbean Sea.

• They were hoping to invade other Asian countries.

• They wanted to trade with Native Americans

What item from the Columbian Exchange MOST helped the Native Americans?

• corn and potatoes

• gold and silver

• horses

• bananas and sugar cane