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When Cortes and the conquistadors arrived in Mexico, the Aztecs
a) controlled a huge empire and lived in a city bigger than any in Europe
b) controlled a very small empire in a small city
c) had disappeared.
d) attacked them.

Where di Columbus land after he sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean?
a) Timbuktu
b) present-day Bahamas
c) present-day Mexico
d) America

What did the Spanish build to protect their colonies?
a) pueblos
b) haciendas
c) presidios
d) The Great Wall of China

Marco Polo saw new inventions in China, such as
a) paper and printing
b) computers
c) radio
d) telescope

What did the Portuguese name the tip of Africa?
a) The Cape of Youth
b) Cape Cod
c) Cape of Bad Hope
d) Cape of Good Hope

Which invention helped sailors steer without seeing the sun or stars?
a) astrolabe
b) compass
c) GPS
d) caravel

After Cortes, Spain sent explorers to Central and South America in search of what?
a) silver
b) spices
c) gold
d) salt

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella paid for Columus's voyage because they hoped he would find
a) riches, such as gold
b) riches, such as camels
c) The Fountain of Youth
d) copper

Bartolome de la Casas spoke against what?
a) the bad treatment of African Americans
b) the bad treatment of their land
c) the bad treatment of American Indians
d) the bad treatment of children

In the Columbian Exchange, what sis Columbus take back to Europe from the Americas ?
a) gold
b) silver
c) bronze
d) potatoes

The Silk Road connected Europe to
a) China
b) Florida
c) Arkansas
d) Africa

Spanish settlers imported enslaved Africans because
a) To treat them as their kings and queens
b) They needed to replace soldiers who had died
c) they needed workers to replace the American Indians who died.
d) they wanted more people to populate their settlements.

What important contribution did Portuguese explorers make to European trade?
a) they found a sea route to Asia
b) they found a route to Asia on land
c) They found a sea route to Antarctica
d) They taught people to travel in caravans

What was Ferdinand Magellan's purpose when he set sail from Spain in 1519?
a) to transfer slaves
b) to show off his wealth
c) to cross the Atlantic Ocean
d) to cross the Pacific Ocean and return to Spain

An important result of European exploration in the 1400s and the 1500s was...(you have to know 2 for the test!!!)
a) discovery of new lands
b) not learning other cultures
c) realizing there were no lands out there to discover
d) discovering the solar system

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