2. Period 1(COLON) 1491-1607

European Exploration In The New World — Quiz

Test your understanding of european exploration in the new world with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

What was one major goal of many European explorers who traveled to the Americas in the late 1400s and early 1500s?

Question 2

Which country is most closely associated with Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage to the Americas?

Question 3

The Columbian Exchange refers to the transfer of what between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

Question 4

Why were European diseases especially devastating to Native American populations?

Question 5

What was an important result of Spanish conquest in the Americas?