Age of Exploration Review

What was one of the legacies of the Atlantic  Slave Trade?

• Both B and C
• A. American Revolution
• C. Civil Rights Movement
• B. American Civil War

The transfer of plants, animals, & diseases between the Old World & the New World is called the:

• Columbian exchange
• Commercial Revolution
• Renaissance
• Northwest passage

Who passed the southern tip of Africa in 1498?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• The king of Portugal
• Vasco da Gama
• Mansa Musa

When Christopher Columbus reached Cuba, he thought he was in..

• Japan
• the Indies
• Hispaniola
• Asia

What caused the greatest number of Native American deaths?

• Warfare with Europeans
• Warfare among native tribes
• Natural disasters
• European diseases

What was the purpose of the Silk Road?

• Transcontinental trade route
• Eurasian war zone
• A road of silk
• A way of communication

Which was not a West African Trading Empire?

• Mali
• Songhai
• Ghana
• Nile

The spreading of a cultural trait.

• Culture
• Cultural diffusion
• Human rights
• Immigration

What were the major items traded in Africa?

• A. Ivory
• B. Gold
• C. Salt
• A, B and C

The first successful attempt to circumnavigate the world was led by........

• Bartolomeu Diaz
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Ferdinand Magellan