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European Exploration
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1
Which of these Spanish explorers tried to discover the Fountain of Youth?
De Soto
Pizarro
Coronado
Ponce de Leon
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Which Portuguese explorer discovered an eastern route around Africa to Asia?
Francisco Pizarro
Jacques Cartier
Vasco de Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
3
Which of these Spanish Conquistadors fought to control the Aztec lands in South America?
Hernando de Soto
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Hernando Cortes
Juan Ponce de Leon
4
A science used at sea for sailors to find direction and follow routes
navigation
technology
compass
astrolabe
5
Who explored parts of southwestern US, where later the Spanish set up missions in these areas?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Hernando de Soto
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando Cortes
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How did Vasco da Gama contribute to Spain's desire to control land and wealth in the new world?
He was the first to use the Northwest Passage.
He found the city of gold.
He was first to hear about the plentiful treasures in Asia.
He found an eastern route to Asia around Africa.
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Period of European history between the time of ancient cultures and the new world
Middle Ages
Reconquista
Protestant Reformation
Crusades
8
Movement when Martin Luther protested against the Catholic Church
Protestant Reformation
Crusades
Middle Ages
Reconquista
9
Europeans voyage to win control of the Holy Land from the Muslims
Counter Reformation
Crusades
Protestant Reformation
Reconquista
10
Which of the following accomplishments was made by the well–known explorer Amerigo Vespucci?
He was the first explorer to land in the Americas.
He invented longitude and latitude.
He conquered the Inca empire.
He found the Northwest Passage
11
What did Christopher Columbus set out to do when he left Spain?
to discover a city of gold
to find faster route to Asia
to find a route to the New World
locate the Caribbean islands
12
What direction does the needle of a compass always point to?
West
East
North
South
13
Which Spanish explorer was responsible for conquering Peru and the Incas?
Francisco Pizarro
Juan Ponce de León
Hernando de Soto
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
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Journey made for a special purpose
expedition
field trip
vacation
excursion
15
Christopher Columbus traveled west in search of a new route to Asia and instead discovered
The Americas
Africa
Canada
Mexico
16
Silk, spices, and Asian goods became popular because of the travels of which merchant?
Amerigo Vespucci
Francisco Pizarro
Marco Polo
Hernando Cortes
17
Period during the 1400s, when Spanish fought to recapture their land from Moors
Protestant Reformation
Crusades
Middle Ages
Reconquista
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Person who makes maps or charts
merchant
cartographer
navigator
co-pilot
19
Which of these BEST describes Hernando de Soto's exploration of North America in 1539?
battled extreme weather
faced many challenges from the Indians
met friendly Native Americans
discovered great riches
20
Which of the following was NOT a technological device used by early sea explorers
compass
sextant
astrolabe
telescope
21
Christopher Columbus knew that Europeans might pay high prices for...
gunpowder and horses
tobacco and corn
spices and silk
lumber and fish
22
The explorers who were searching for a Northwest Passage were hoping to find
a new culture
gold
new route to Asia
the Mississippi River
23
A lighter and faster seaworthy ship for exploration with triangular sail is called
caravel
compass
sextant
astrolabe
24
Before inventions such as the compass and sextant, what did sailors use to guide them?
landmarks
current of the ocean
wind
stars
25
In 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon set out to explore which state of America?
Texas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Florida
26
The Catholic Church's response to criticisms of the Protestant Reformation
Counter Reformation
Battle of the Churchs
Catholic Reformation
Division of the Churchs
27
Which is a tool used to locate and predict the positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
caravel
compass
telescop
astrolabe
28
European sailors used an improved navigational device with a magnetic iron needle called a
caravel
astrolabe
sextant
compass
29
People who made a living from buying and selling goods are called
sellers
cartographers
merchants
purchasers
30
Why did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explore southwestern North America in 1540?
to gain wealth by trading furs
to find the great riches in the Seven Cities of Gold
to find the Fountain of Youth
to find a faster route to America from Mexico
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Which of the following choices is NOT a reason why Europeans came to North America?
find trade routes to Asia
wage war against Native Americans
to find gold
to escape religious discrimination
