Age of Exploration Quiz

Which happened first?

• Ponce de Leon’s discovery of Florida

• Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas

• Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas

• Balboa’s first sighting of the Pacific Ocean

Europeans undertook the first long voyages of exploration for all of the following reasons except

• a longing for riches

• a desire for fame

• a need to escape overcrowding in Europe

• a wish to spread Christianity

Which explorer, sailing for Spain, set out to find a westward route to India?

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

Spain and Portugal were allowed to divide the non-Christian world between them as a result of

• the Treaty of Tordesillas

• Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe

• de Soto’s expedition to Florida

• the discovery of a Northwest Passage

The conquistador who conquered the Aztecs was

• Francisco Pizarro

• Francisco de Coronado

• Hernado de Soto

• Hernando Cortes

Which of the following was NOT a reason that the Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs and the Incas?

• They had better weapons.

• They made allies of Indian tribes.

• They had more soldiers.

• They were ruthless and determined.

Conquistadores were attracted to the Americas by:

• A. Rumors of Indians’ advanced technology.

• B. Warm weather.

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• C. Stories of riches and desire to convert Natives to

       Christianity.

• D. An opportunity for peasants to move up in society

Landowners in Spain’s American colonies could demand labor and taxes from the Indians through

• encomiendas

• viceroys

• conquistadors

• privateers

Why did Europeans want to find a new trading route to Asia?

• The plague devastated the old trade routes.

• They wanted to cut our Muslim and Italian middlemen.

• They feared war if trade continued across the Mediterranean.

• They needed vast amounts of goods from Asia.

Why was the astrolabe helpful to sailors?

• It showed the location of the Pacific Ocean.

• It helped them determine their latitude.

• It showed the curved surface of the earth on a flat chart.

• It projected wind currents.