AGE OF EXPLORATION
STUDY GUIDE
1. The search for ____________ motivated the earliest explorers to find a direct
trade route to ________.
2. Where were most spices found? Give the official name and the name it was
commonly called.
3. Describe the reasons why Europeans began an Age of Exploration. (3 Gs)
4. Which country led the Age of Exploration and why?
5. Identify the Line of Demarcation and Treaty of Tordesillas:
6. Who were the 2 most famous conquistadors and which empires did they conquer?
7. What factors allowed the Spanish to defeat the Native Americans?
8. Compare French and English settlements in North America. Where were each
located? What did each do for profit?
9. The triangular trade network involved what 3 continents?
10. Draw the diagram of the triangular trade network, showing what was exchanged
on each leg of the journey.
11. Be able to identify: peninsulare, creole, mestizo, mulatto
12. Who fought in the French and Indian War? What was its outcome?
13. When did the Age of Exploration begin?
14. How did Native Americans mistakenly come to be called “Indians?
15. What was the encomienda system?
16. List some examples of new technology or improvements that made the Age of
Exploration possible.
17. Where and how did Magellan die?
18.) What was the Columbian Exchange? List 2 things that were transferred from
each hemisphere.