US History World Exploration Test 2

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History World Exploration (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History World Exploration (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History World Exploration (High School) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

What were Niña Pinta María?

A) Columbus ships

B) War fleet

C) Fishing boats

D) No ships

Question 2

What was Triangular Trade?

A) tea trade

B) Europe-Africa-Americas slave route

C) spice route

D) silk road

Question 3

Name the person who rounded Africa 1498.

A) Dias

B) Magellan

C) Vasco da Gama

D) Cook

Question 4

Which exchange was crops, animals, disease between Old and New Worlds?

A) Silk Road

B) Triangular Trade

C) Spice Trade

D) Columbian Exchange

Question 5

Who was "Aztec emperor"?

A) Montezuma II

B) Atahualpa

C) John Cabot

D) Verrazzano

Question 6

What best defines Jamestown (1607)?

A) French post

B) first permanent English colony

C) Spanish fort

D) Dutch town

Question 7

Name the person who sailed in 1492 for Spain.

A) Cartier

B) Magellan

C) Christopher Columbus

D) Hudson

Question 8

Name Champlain.

A) English settler

B) Spanish don

C) Dutch trader

D) French Canada founder

Question 9

What best defines the Columbian Exchange?

A) plants, animals, diseases swapped continents

B) map sales

C) money trade

D) slave ships only

Question 10

What best defines Triangular Trade?

A) tea trade

B) Europe-Africa-Americas slave route

C) spice route

D) silk road

Question 11

Name the person who funded Columbus.

A) Portugal

B) England

C) Spain monarchs

D) France

Question 12

Which person was Hudson?

A) French sailor

B) Spanish don

C) Portuguese

D) Dutch-English explorer

Question 13

Provide the definition of Triangular Trade:

A) Europe-Africa-Americas slave route

B) tea trade

C) spice route

D) silk road

Question 14

Who funded Columbus?

A) Portugal

B) Spain monarchs

C) England

D) France

Question 15

Name Montezuma II.

A) Maya king

B) Spanish king

C) Aztec emperor

D) Inca emperor

Question 16

Identify "Last Inca emperor".

A) Montezuma II

B) John Cabot

C) Verrazzano

D) Atahualpa

Question 17

Name the person who conquered Incas.

A) Francisco Pizarro

B) Cortés

C) Balboa

D) Coronado

Question 18

Identify "Aztec emperor".

A) Atahualpa

B) Montezuma II

C) John Cabot

D) Verrazzano

Question 19

Which person was "Verrazzano"?

A) "French Canada founder"

B) "England's explorer"

C) "French coast explorer"

D) "Dutch-English explorer"

Question 20

Which person was "Atahualpa"?

A) "French Canada founder"

B) "England's explorer"

C) "Dutch-English explorer"

D) "Last Inca emperor"

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