The Age of Exploration

Question 1

Hernando Cortes is credited for conquering.....

Accepted Answer

The Aztec Empire

Question 2

Which country explored much of North America and Central America?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 3

Below is a map from the mid-1500's. Which continent is not shown?

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Australia

Question 4

Reasons for sea travel and exploration included:

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All of the above

Question 5

Often, explorers were looking for a water route to Asia called....

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The Northwest Passage

Question 6

This is the spreading European and American values, beliefs, and customs around the world.

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Westernization

Question 7

What is the type of government which the monarch has complete power over everything?

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Absolutism

Question 8

Who first said that the Americas were their own continents?

Accepted Answer

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 9

Potatoes, corn, and tomatoes are all examples of....

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"New World" goods

Question 10

These are people of both European and Native American ancestry?

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Mestizos

Question 11

Although the Portuguese first controlled Indian trade, who would later control it?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 12

This was the empire that ruled over India during the Age of Exploration.

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The Mughal Empire

Question 13

This was the cause of over 50% of Native American's dying during the 1500's & 1600's.

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Diseases brought by Europeans

Question 14

The portion of an enslaved African's journey to the Americas was called.....

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The Middle Passage

Question 15

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Sextant

Question 16

The picture below best represents

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Columbian Exchange

Question 17

Through missionary work by explorers, this religion spread throughout the Americas?

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Christianity

Question 18

Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to.....

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Circumnavigate the globe

Question 19

This explorer sailed and traded for The Ming Empire.

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Zheng He

Question 20

This was the empire of the Andes region in South American during the 1500's.

Accepted Answer

The Incan Empire

Question 21

One of the most important riches that the Spanish brought out of South America was.....

Accepted Answer

Silver

Question 22

This is the country that first developed the Caravel.

Accepted Answer

Portugal

Question 23

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Arquebus

Question 24

Below is a map from the 1500's, what body of water is shown?

Accepted Answer

The Indian Ocean

Question 25

Which was larger: CARAVEL or CARRACK?

Accepted Answer

Carrack

The Age of Exploration

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The Age of Exploration

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