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1
Which country became the first to truly sponsor and encourage exploration
Spain
Great Britain
Portugal
Italy
2
The first person to circumnavigate the world?
Vasco de Gama
Hernan Cortes
Franz Ferdinand
Ferdinand Magellan
3
The Aztec ruler who sent Hernan Cortes gifts fearing he was a God who had returned to Earth?
Dona Maria
Prince Henry
Moctezuma
Pocahontas
4
Which group of Natives did Columbus come in contact with in the Americas?
Cherokee
Inca
Iroquois
Taino
5
Which country did Spain conquer in the Pacific?
Philippines
Hawaii
China
Japan
6
Which of the following was NOT a motive for exploration?
Desire for better trade routes
Curiosity (aka adventure)
Gold and spices
Invention of the steamboat made it easier
7
Set of representatives put in place to rule Spanish colonies in the name of the King
Council of the Conquistadors
Council of Trent
Council of the Indies
Council of Ms. Olevitch
8
How did the French find success in the Americas?
They never found success
Through shipbuilding
Trading gold and silver
Through the fur trade
9
Who was able to conquer the almighty Aztec empire?
Francisco Pizzaro
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Ferdinand Magellan
10
A set of guidelines for governing the Plymouth colony
Treaty of Paris
Plymouth Laws
Representative Democracy
Mayflower Compact
11
Which of the following is NOT an advantage the Spanish had over the Native Americans?
Immunity to diseases
Knowledge of the land
Superior weaponry
Better supplies
12
An economic structure that thrives off of private business ownership and entrepreneurship
Communism
Socialism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
13
What system of labor did the Spanish employ in their colonies?
Manual labor
Skilled labor
Encomienda
Slavery
14
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland were set up as
Religious colonies
Gifts to the English King
Prison colonies
Commercial colonies
15
Who rounded the southern tip of Africa calling it the Cape of Good Hope?
Vasco de Gama
Bartholomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellin
Christopher Columbus
16
If an economy has too much gold and silver it causes an economic crisis called
stagnation
there's no such thing as too much gold and silver
inflation
depression
17
A person who was born to a Spanish mother and Native American father would be considered a
Creole
Mestizo
Slave
Mulatto
18
The Line of Demarcation was created to separate ___________ and ____________ colonization.
British and French
Italian and Dutch
Spanish and British
Spanish and Portugese
19
Who sailed across the Atlantic in search of a route to the Indies?
Vasco de Nunez Balboa
Prince Henry
Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
20
An example of a good introduced TO the Americas through the Columbian Exchange would be
Horses
Pumpkins
Peppers
Buffalo
21
What was the second leg of the triangular trade route?
European goods to Africa
American goods to Europe
European goods to the Americas
Middle Passage slave trade from Africa to the Americas
22
Who created the first European settlement in South Africa?
British
Portugese
Dutch
French
23
Why were Asians less open to trading with the Europeans than other nations?
Asian goods were superior to European goods
European nations could only trade in paper money
Asian nations had been trading with the Americas for years
European nations attacked and killed many Chinese
24
Which company was formed by wealthy merchants to sponsor increased exploration?
Joint-stock Company
Dutch East India Company
West Indies Trading Post
British East India Company
25
Who sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage?
Spain
Italy
Great Britain
Portugal