Exploration and Colonization

What was the dangerous land route called that allowed Europeans to trade with Asia?

• Silk Road
• Silk Path
• Land Route
• Desert Road

Who was the leader that created a school of navigation?

• Vasco da Gama
• John Cabot
• Prince Henry
• Francisco Pizarro

Which country was the FIRST to explore the New World?

• UK
• Spain
• England
• Portugal

What country was the first to make it to Asia by sea?

• Spain
• England
• France
• Portugal

What were the small settlements called that explorers claimed for their home countries?

• Countries
• Colonies
• Settlements
• States

Which was NOT one of the tools that helped explorers during the Age of  Exploration?

• Astrolabe
• Horse & buggy
• Caravels
• Better maps

What did conquistadors do?

• Set up colonies in North America.
• Conquered the native peoples of Central and South America.
• Explored Canada.
• Destroyed cultures in Africa by trading slaves.

The reason most natives died in the Americas during the period of European colonization was

• war
• famine
• disease
• drought

The part of triangular trade that moved slaves to the new world

• The gruesome journey
• the arduous march
• the voyage of tears
• the middle passage

An economic theory that was controlled by a monarch and depended on a favorable balance of trade in order to get more gold and silver.

• communism
• capitalism
• socialism
• mercantilism