Exploration
and Colonization Review Quiz
• The
explorers Bartholomew Diaz and Vasco Da Gama were from:
(a.
Portugal; b. Italy;
c. England; d. Holland; e. France).
• What
were Diaz and Da Gama trying to do:
a. Discover
America; b. Prove that the world was round; c. Prove that the earth revolves around the sun; d. Find an all water route to Asia; e. Establish colonies in a Ònew worldÓ.
• Who
conquered the Incas of Peru?
a. Bartholomew
Diaz; b. Vasco da Gama; c. Hernando Cortez; d.
Francisco Pizarro
• Who
conquered the Aztecs of Mexico?
a. Bartholomew
Diaz; b. Vasco da Gama; c. Hernando Cortez; d.
Francisco Pizarro
• These
conquerors who also brought the Christian religion to the people they conquered
were called:
a. heretics; b. conquistadors; c. caliphs; d.
creoles
• Which
of the following was first to explore the coast of Africa and reached the
"Cape of Good Hope?"
a. B.
Diaz; b. V. da Gama;
c. H. Cortez; d. F. Pizarro;
• Who
reached India by sailing around Africa and paid for his trip 60 times over
with the value of the spices and other products he brought back to Europe?
a. Bartholomew
Diaz; b. Vasco da Gama; c. Hernando Cortez; d.
Francisco Pizarro
• Which
country led the Age of Exploration?
a. England; b. France;
c. Portugal;
• Who was an explorer that made claims for France in North America?
a. C.
Columbus; b. J. Cabot; c. J. Cartier
• Who
was an explorer that made claims for England in North America?
a. C.
Columbus; b. J. Cabot; c. J. Cartier
• Who
mistakenly thought he had reached Asia when he discovered land in America
by sailing West from Europe? a. C. Columbus; b. J. Cabot; c. J. Cartier ; d. Bartholomew Diaz;
e. Vasco da Gama
• European
explorers engaged in major navigational expeditions in the late 1400s and
early 1500s for all of the following reasons except one.
Which ONE is NOT true?
a. They
wanted to find a water route to Asia in order to avoid Muslim interference
with their trading enterprize
b. They
wanted spices, ceramics, silks and other products of Asia.
c. Missionaries
wanted to Christianize other parts of the world
d. Nation-states
wanted to compete with each other in "claiming territories"overseas.
e. They
wanted to spread democracy to other people around the world.
• Many Europeans moved to and settled in the "New World"in
the 1600s for all of the following reasons except one.
Which one of the following is NOT true?
a. They
wanted political freedom for themselves
b. They
were looking for a better life; new economic opportunities.
c. They
wanted religious freedom for themselves.
d. They
were recruited from Europe by native Americans (Indians).
• Europeans
colonized the "new world"of America for all of the following reasons except
one. Which of the following is NOT true?
a. They
wanted religious freedom;
b.
They wanted political freedom;
c. They believed the American Indian way of life was
superior to that of the European tradition;
d. They wanted new economic opportunities.
• Spanish
people born in the Latin American colonies were called
(a. Peninsulares;
b. Creoles; c. mestizos;
d. caudillos; e. rancheros)
• Europeans
who were born in Spain but moved to Latin America and gained considerable
wealth and power were called:
• People
who were part Spanish and part native Latin American were called:
(a. Peninsulares; b. Creoles; c. mestizos; d. caudillos; e. rancheros)