Exploration and Colonization Quiz

What improvement to the caravel made it easier to steer than the older galleon?

• square sails

• flat bottoms

• steering wheel

• rudder in back

The ________ were the first Europeans to establish colonies in North America.

• Vikings

• English

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• French

Why did the Europeans find it necessary to explore new lands? Choose the three correct answers.

• Europeans were looking for new markets for their manufactured goods.

• European mines were not able to supply enough silver and gold for the needs of the merchants.

• Europeans had developed new forms of production that made manufacturing more efficient, so they needed raw materials.

• Europeans wanted to bring spices and other exotic goods to Asia.

• European people wanted to learn and possibly adopt the religions and customs of other lands.

What was one consequence of the Doctrine of Discovery?

• Native peoples were forced to pay for lands the Europeans discovered.

• Native peoples were no longer entitled to lands they had always occupied.

• Europeans were forced to pay for lands already occupied by native peoples.

• Europeans could take the land from the native peoples as long as they had their permission.

What is one reason the Europeans began importing slaves from Africa to work on their new lands?

• Most of the Native Americans refused to work.

• Most of the Native Americans died from European diseases.

• The Europeans regarded the Native Americans too highly to make them work.

• The Europeans found it more economical to use the African slaves instead of the native peoples.

Write the letter in the blank to complete the sentence correctly. The movement of new plants, animals, people, and customs between Europe and the Americas in the 1400s and 1500s is called the __________.

• Columbian Exchange

• Silk Road

• Industrial Revolution

• Age of Enlightenment

Which place was Coronado the first European to discover?

• Coastal Florida

• Galveston Island

• Grand Canyon

• Mississippi River

Write the letter in the blank to complete the sentence correctly. The Spanish crown controlled migration to the new lands it discovered. They required that only __________ be allowed to settle there.

• Christians

• Muslims

• Jews

• Atheists

The Spanish Armada was launched to overthrow which of these?

• Phillip II

• Henry VIII

• Louis XIV

• Elizabeth I

Trading for __________ led the settlers of New France to form trading alliances with the Native Americans.

• furs

• gold

• spices

• silk