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Age of Exploration
Test questions from the age of exploration
Question | Answer |
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What did the Aztecs believe that they needed to give in order to please the Gods? | Blood |
Who was the "New World" named after? | Amerigo Vespucci |
Which country's flag did Columbus sail under? | Spain |
What continent did Columbus always believe that he had made it to? | Asia |
What kinds of Europeans believed that the Earth was round? | Educated |
What did engineers build to make more room for the Aztec population and gardens? | Artificial Islands |
To get to Asia, early trade routes either went over land or on the ocean around which continent? | Africa |
What kinds of buildings did Catholic priests establish in the South West? | Missions |
What did the Aztecs invite their enemies to watch | Ritual Sacrifice |
What did the Aztecs use to build their temples? | Volcanic Stone |
Which Conquistador destroyed the Aztec Empire? | Cortez |
Which Conquistador destroyed the Inca Empire? | Pizarro |
Which Conquistador explored the Southwest and Grand Canyon? | Coronado |
What are the 3 G's? | Gold, God, and Glory |
What are the 3 C's | Conquer, Colonize, and Convert |
What is often true about the maps of the 16th century? | The were made up or made bogus claims |
Which navigation instrument made all other instruments obsolete? | Sextant |
What was the biggest cause of death for the native populations? | Disease |
What item killed Montezuma? | A Stone |
What term means to travel around? | Circumnavigate |
What do you call a Spanish Colonist who was born in Spain? | Peninsular |
What do you call a Spanish Soldier-Adventurer | Conquistador |
What do you call a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water? | Strait |
Portugal turned Columbus down likely because they had already explored and set up outposts on which continent? | Africa |
What were the requests that Columbus made to the King of Portugal? | That he be made grand admiral of the ocean, that he be made governor of all lands found, and that he receive one-tenth of all treasure found. |
What city now lies where the Aztec capital was? | Mexico City |
The fall of what city forced Europeans to search for a new route to Asia? | Constantinople |
Which country did Columbus believe he had landed on? | Japan |
What did the Aztecs mistake Spanish boats for? | Mountains |
The Columbian Exchange became a trade of what items? | Plants, animals, people, culture, and disease |
According to the text book, what might a sailor have to eat if the ship's supplies are low? | Biscuits reduced to powder |
What kinds of ships did pirates attack? | Merchant ships |
What is the southern tip of Africa called? | Cape of Good Hope |
What Columbian Exchange items came from the "Old World"? | Horses, Pigs, Sheep, Cows, Sugar Cane, Bananas, Rice, Okra, Wheat, Coffee, Small Pox and Measles. |
What Columbian Exchange items came from the "New World"? | Cacao, Chicle, Squash, Peppers, Potatoes, Beans, Peanuts, Tomatoes, Tobacco, Corn, Turkey |
How did Columbus trick his crew on their first voyage? | Look it up: Go to PHSchool.com and enter the code myd-1012 |