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Age of Exploration: World History II
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Which explorer was the first to reach India by sailing around Africa?
Prince Henry the Navigator
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Da Gama
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What group of people were at the top of the Encomienda system?
Creole
Slaves
Peninsulares
Mestizos
3
Why did Europeans want to find a new trading route to Asia?
All of the above
The plague devastated the old routes.
They needed vast amounts of goods from Asia.
They were tired of paying inflated prices to middlemen
4
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Age of Exploration?
Improvements in Astrology
Better technology
The Renaissance
Better mapmaking
5
How did technology change in two ways that allowed Europeans to start sailing the world oceans
Europeans borrowed technologies from China & the Middle East
the Europeans began using sails for the first time
Europeans improved their understanding of Astrology
Europeans discovered the earth was round for the first time
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Which county was claimed in the beginning by the Frenchman, Jacques Cartier?
Greenland
Canada
America
Cuba
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Where did Christopher Columbus discover?
West Africa
The Americas
West Indies
East Indies
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How did the Renaissance influence the rise of European exploration?
Artists like Michelangelo inspired explorers
European leaders wanted to spread humanism
Better education led people to want to explore the world
The Catholic Church wanted to expand the power of the Pope
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Which explorer conquered the Incas in Peru?
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortez
Vasco Da Gama
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What were John Cabot, Jacques Cartier and Henry Hudson trying to find?
The Southwest Passage
The Middle Passage
The Northwest Passage
The Fountain of Youth
11
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world?
Vasco Da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Jacques Cartier
Christopher Columbus
12
Which country controlled Brazil after the Treaty of Tordesillas in the 1500s?
Spain
Portugal
The Netherlands
England
13
Which country came out of the European Exploration time period with the most land and power?
England
France
Spain
Belgium
14
Which statement best summarizes Portuguese discoveries?
They sailed east through the Mediterranean to Persia
They sailed wes to the East Indies
They only sailed west to South America
They sailed to India by going around the coast of Africa
15
Which English explorer circumnavigated the world for England?
Francis Drake
Jacques Cartier
Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot
16
Which of the following best explained why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?
They wanted to test new navigational tools.
They wanted to conquer new land.
They wanted to find new trade routes.
They wanted to spread Islam
17
Which leg of the Triangular Trade routes included the slave trade?
The Encomienda Path
The Northwest Passage
The Middle Passage
The Central Atlantic
18
Which explorer conquered the Aztecs?
Hernando De Soto
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
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What was Columbus trying to find when he sailed west from Spain?
a route to Asia
silver
a new continent
gold
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Which European Country was not heavily involved in the Age of Exploration?
France
Austria
Netherlands
Portugal
