Age of Exploration Quiz

What is an armada?

• a small Spanish or Portuguese boat

• a group of warships travelling together

• the process of sailing or moving around something

• a journey made to accomplish a specific task

What does the term "caravel" refer to?

• a group of warships travelling together

• a Spanish explorer

• a small Spanish or Portuguese boat

• people who trap animals and sell their furs

What is circumnavigation?

• a rounded figure that looks like a ball

• the process of finding the way to a specific place

• a long period of traveling to a certain destination

• the process of sailing or moving around something

Who were the conquistadors?

• people who trap animals and sell their furs to earn money

• a Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

• people who earn money by buying and selling items

• originally from a certain country or region

What are diseases?

• a long period of traveling to a certain destination

• a rounded figure that looks like a ball

• harmful illnesses or disorders that hurt humans, animals, and plants

• the process of finding the way to a specific place

What does it mean to be enslaved?

• when someone is owned by someone else and works for that person

• a journey made to accomplish a specific task

• an organized group of ships sailing together because of a specific purpose

• originally from a certain country or region

What is an expedition?

• a group of warships travelling together

• a small Spanish or Portuguese boat

• a journey made to accomplish a specific task

• the process of sailing or moving around something

What is a fleet?

• a rounded figure that looks like a ball

• the process of finding the way to a specific place

• an organized group of ships sailing together because of a specific purpose

• people who trap animals and sell their furs to earn money

What does indigenous mean?

• a Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

• originally from a certain country or region

• a group of warships travelling together

• a small Spanish or Portuguese boat

Who are merchants?

• people who trap animals and sell their furs to earn money

• people who earn money by buying and selling items

• a Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

• an organized group of ships sailing together because of a specific purpose