Age of Exploration-Explorers Quiz

traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

• Exploration

• Colony

• Migration

• mercantilism

title given to Spanish soldiers who explored and conquered lands around the world.

• Exploration

• Columbian Exchange

• Conquistador

• Migration

The sharing of plants, animals, ideas and technology between Europe and the Americas

• Exploration

• Colony

• Columbian Exchange

• conquistador

The 3 G's

• Guts, Glory, and God

• Gold, Glory, and God

• God, Grain, and Guides

• Guidance, Glory, Gold

the time of exploration through the 15th to 17th centuries

• Age of Exploration

• Marco Polo Era

• Dawn of the Dinosaurs

• Age of Maritime Exploration

Italian explorer who was sponsored by the King and Queen of Spain, crossed the Atlantic Ocean and triggered colonization in the Americas.

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Eriksson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

Who inspired the Age of Exploration in the 13th century?

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Mrs. Graves

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

_______________ was an ancient trade route between Asia and Europe

• The Silk Road

• The Roman Empire

• Northwest Passage

• Mediterranean Trail

This explorer claimed and named Florida for Spain in 1513, he also explored the North America southeast for the Fountain of Youth.

• Ponce de Leon

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Coronado

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

____________ was the first European to land in North America in year 1000.

• Leif Eriksson

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Marco Polo