Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

Question 1 - 10 • The “Line of Demarcation” and resulting Treaty of Tordesillas did what?

Answer 1 – 10 • Divided Spanish and Portuguese claims to newly discovered lands – set by the Pope

Question 1 - 20 • During the age of exploration, the trade good most desired by Europeans was?

Answer 1 – 20 • Asian Spices

Question 1 - 30 • Who were the Conquistadors?

Answer 1 – 30 • Spanish Soldier/Explorers who conquered the New World for Spain

Question 1 - 40 • Who were the privateers?

Answer 1 – 40 • Pirates who operated with the consent of a government to attack their enemies

Question 1 - 50 • Who was the Spanish Conqueror of the Aztec Empire?

Answer 1 – 50 • Hernan Cortes

Question 2 - 10 • The map above represents the general pattern of European travel known as the?

Answer 2 – 10 • Triangle Trade

Question 2 - 20 • Referring to the map above, cargo travelling on route A was usually?

Answer 2 – 20 • Slaves

Question 2 - 30 • Referring to the map above, cargo travelling on route B was usually?

Answer 2 – 30 • Raw materials (such as rice, lumber, fur and tobacco)

Question 2 - 40 • Referring to the map above, cargo travelling on route C was usually?

Answer 2 – 40 • Manufactured Goods (such as cloth and guns)

Question 2 - 50 • Referring to the map above, route A was known by what name?

Answer 2 – 50 • The Middle Passage

Question 3 - 10 • In the 1400’s and 1500’s, when Europeans spoke of the Old World and the New World, they were referring to what?

Answer 3 – 10 • Old = Europe, Asia and Africa • New = the Americas

Question 3 - 20 • Cape Town, South Africa was founded by?

Answer 3 – 20 • The Dutch East India company to provide fresh fruits and veggies to its trade ships

Question 3 - 30 • Who were the Boers?

Answer 3 – 30 • Dutch Farmers in South Africa

Question 3 - 40 • What was the Spanish Encomienda system?

Answer 3 – 40 • A system of Native American forced labor and tribute payments

Question 3 - 50 • Who were the Spanish born colonists who moved to the Americas? The highest class in Spanish colonial society.

Answer 3 – 50 • Peninsulares

Question 4 - 10 • Who were the Spanish colonists in the Americas who were part Spanish and part African?

Answer 4 – 10 • Mulattoes

Question 4 - 20 • Who were the Spanish descendants that were born in the Americas? In the higher class of society.

Answer 4 – 20 • Creoles

Question 4 - 30 • Who were the Spanish colonists in the Americas that were part Spanish and part Native American? In the middle class of society.

Answer 4 – 30 • Mestizos

Question 4 - 40 • Who was the Spanish conqueror of the Incan empire?

Answer 4 – 40 • Francisco Pizzarro

Question 4 - 50 • What were the two most valuable resources for the Spanish in America?

Answer 4 – 50 • Silver and sugar

Question 5 - 10 • Describe the Columbian Exchange

Answer 5 – 10 • The exchange of plants, animals and diseases between the Old and the New Worlds

Question 5 - 20 Old World and New World • In the Columbian Exchange, Turkeys travelled from…

Answer 5 – 20 • New World to Old World

Question 5 - 30 Old World and New World • In the Columbian Exchange, Potatoes travelled from…

Answer 5 – 30 • New World to Old World

Question 5 - 40 Old World and New World • In the Columbian Exchange, Smallpox travelled from…

Answer 5 – 40 • Old World to New World

Age of Exploration