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1.
Spain sent out these men to find gold, conquer the people, and convert them to Roman Catholicism.
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2.
He conquered the Incan empire.
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3.
He was first to sail a Portuguese ship to India.
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4.
This new type of ship was study enough for ocean travel.
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5.
Pizarro marveled at this capital city's well-built buildings covered in gold.
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6.
Hernando Cortes asked this Aztec ruler for gold.
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7
This instrument measured the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon.
8.
Where in the Americas did most of the French settle?
ABCD
A
B
C
D
9.
ABCD
He was sent out to explore by Queen Elizabeth of England.
A
B
C
D
10.
ABCD
C
D
11.
C
D
12.
Simon Bolivar
Jacques Carter
Samuel de Champlain
Thomas Dale
To aid Portuguese exploration Prince Henry
A
B
C
D
A B
Prince Henry
Sir Francis Drake
Erik the Red
Francis Xavier
This French explorer discovered the St. Lawrence River
A
B
C
D
A B
South America
West coast of North America
Eastern Canada
Central America
hired Christopher Columbus to sail for him.
developed a new sail design.
led an expedition around Africa.
set up a school of navigation.
The Incan Empire was located in:
A South America
B Europe
C The Caribbean
D The room
A B
C
D
13.
His crew was the first to sail around the world.
A
B
C
D
A B
C
D
14.
Ferdinand Magellan
Sir Francis Drake
Prince Henry
Vasco da Gama
Which of these was not a navigation tool used in the Age of Exploration?
A
B
C
D
astrolabe
compass
shogun
All three are tools of navigation.
A B
C
D
15.
This member of the Portuguese Nobility gave the famous revolutionary challenge “Independence
or death!” freeing Brazil without battle.
A Simon Bolivar
B Jose de San Martin
C Pedro I
D Antonio Jose de Sucre
A B
C
D
16.
This country is not considered part of the Old World.
A Chile
B England
C Portugal
D Spain
A B
C
D
17.
This was the first permanent settlement of the English.
A Roanoke
B Plymouth Bay
C Massachusetts Bay Colony
D Jamestown
A B
C
D
18.
Large country estates in Spanish colonies were known as
A Roanoke
B Plymouth Bay
C Massachusetts Bay Colony
D Jamestown
19.
What did the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias prove in 1487?
A B
C
D
A
B
C
D
A B
C
D
20.
What was unique about the capital of the Aztec empire?
A
B
C
D
A B
C
D
21.
The world is round.
The caravel can withstand an ocean voyage.
It is possible to reach the East by sailing around Africa.
The compass can be used on the ocean.
It was built in the middle of a lake.
It was built high on the side of a mountain.
Its streets were lined with gold.
Its gates were over eighty feet high.
What was the true reason the Spanish destroyed the Incan empire?
A
B
C
D
The Incas attacked the Spanish when they first arrived.
The Spanish wanted more gold than the Incas were willing to give.
The Incas practiced an offensive religion that included human sacrifice.
The Spaniards had no other choice if they were to trade with the Indians.
A B
C
D
22.
The name "Pacific" comes from the Latin word meaning
A
B
C
D
A B
C
D
23.
Christopher Columbus was commissioned by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of
A
B
C
D
A B
A B
C
C
D
D
24.
25.
F
Portugal.
Italy.
England.
Spain.
This navigation method involves estimating location and speed and then choosing the most likely
compass heading to get you to your destination
A
B
C
D
using wind routes
sailing latitudes
sailing longitudes
dead reckoning
This belt of consistent winds greatly aided early explorers to the New World.
A
B
C
D
T
"possession."
"in the middle."
"past."
"peace."
sub polar lows
westerlies
trade winds
easterlies
26.
Portugal is about the same size as Brazil.
T
F
27.
For a time, Spain and Portugal disputed land claims in modern-day Uruguay.
T
F
28.
Refined silver and sugar were two important exports of colonial Latin America.
T
F
29.
The Treaty of Tordesillas determined where Spain and Portugal could explore and colonize.
T
F
30.
Both the Netherlands and England had colonies in South America.
T
F
31.
The king of France determined the location of the Line of Demarcation.
T
F
32.
British Guiana became Guyana.
T
F
33.
The Spanish colonized Brazil.
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34.
What major body of water lies between European nations and their colonies?
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35.
What name became popular for South American settlements?
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36.
What nation colonized Louisiana and Canada?
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37.
What is the spoken language in Brazil?
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38.
What bean-producing plant originated in Arabia and was later introduced to Brazil and Colombia,
where it became a major crop?
39.
What major body of water lies between European nations and their colonies?
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40.
1.
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T
F
This
line created
popeAmerican
divided territory
between Spain and
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popularby
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Portugal in the New World
41.
2.
Portugal
is about
the same
size asand
Brazil.
What nation
colonized
Louisiana
Canada?
T
42.
3.
T
F
43.
The Aztecs lived in the Andes Mountains of South America.
What is the spoken language in Brazil?
Refined silver and sugar were two important exports of colonial Latin America.
T
F
44.
Mayan pyramids, like Egyptian pyramids, usually served as burial places for kings.
T
F
45.
Part of the conquistadors’’ mission was to convert the native people to Roman Catholicism
T
F
46.
Lack of roads made communication across the Incan Empire very difficult.
T
F
47.
King Ferdinand opened a school for navigation in Portugal.
T
F
48.
Bartolomeu Dias first rounded the tip of Africa without knowing it.
T
F
49.
Another term for South America is Latin America.
T
F
50.
The Treaty of Tordesillas moved the Line of Demarcation 600 miles west.
F
_____51. Twelve nobles of Brazil
_____52. Large country estates
_____53. Spaniards born in Spain and living in the colonies
_____54. Spanish rulers representing the king of Spain
_____55. Full-blooded Spaniards or Portuguese born in America
_____56. Where slaves were gotten from for trade
57. Why did sea exploration grow during this period?
58. Explain two reasons for exploration and travel during this time period?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Africa
Creoles
Donatarios
Comiendas
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