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Age of Exploration
Mr. Harper Test
| The Age of Exploration was driven in large part by | the search for wealth. |
| The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration | Spain. |
| What declined in the Americas as a result of the Age of Exploration? | Native American population |
| Who conquered the Aztecs? | Hernan Cortes |
| What percent of the population of the Americas eventually died from European diseases and sicknesses? | 90 to 95% |
| Europeans had developed a taste for goods from Asia which started this | the Age of Exploration. |
| His voyages marked the beginning of European exploration of the New World. | Christopher Columbus |
| Where were the first areas conquered by the Spanish? | Mexico. |
| How many Aztecs fought Cortes? | Between 1 and 2 million |
| The Inca were the first to create this through the Andes Mts of South America. | A modern road system. |
| The Aztecs produced more grain than today's farmers on floating fields called __________. | chinampas |
| The Conquistadors mostly came from where? | Spain |
| The Mayans believed in many gods and human ______. | sacrifice. |
| What was Francisco Pizarro? | a conquistador |
| His crew was the first to circumnavigate (travel around) the world. | Magellan |
| The three reasons why Europeans explored the New World (3 G’s) | God, Gold and Glory |
| Who was the leader of the Aztecs at the time of Cortes' arrival? | Moctezuma lI |
| Which native American civilization did Pizarro conquer? | Inca |
| How did the Mayan civilization end? | No one knows |
| Disappeared without a reason | Maya |
| Sacrificed many people to their gods | Aztec |
| Had a road system for messages | Inca |
| What is the Spanish word that means conquerors? | Conquistadors |
| What countries were involved in the Age of Exploration? | Spain, Portugal, France, and England |
| Developed a complex calendar based on astronomy, and were among the first mathematicians with the idea of 0 (zero). | Maya |
| The conquistadors brought something that killed more natives than all their weapons. What was that? | Disease [germs] |
| This tool allowed explorers to know what direction was North | A magnetic compass |
| He explored Florida for Spain. According to legend, he was looking for the Fountain of Youth. | Juan Ponce de Leon |
| What were the effects of the Age of Exploration? | Colonization, The Columbian Exchange, Atlantic Slave Trade |
| Name of the Incan emperor who Pizzaro imprisoned and later killed.. | Atahualpa |
| Which civilization repeatedly invaded their neighbors? | Aztecs |
| How many people lived in Tenochtitlan before the conquistadors arrived? | 2 million |
| How many people were sometimes sacrificed by the Aztecs in a single day? | 20,000 |
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