Unit 2 Study Guide Review!!

What was the key motive that began the Age of Exploration? In other words, what were explorers trying to find?

• Quicker route to Asia - Northwest Passage
• Wealth- land, gold, spices, silk, sugar, resources
• Religion - Christianity - No all explorers
• All of these

Describe the conditions of ship life for explorers and sailors?

• Forced to do things they didn’t want to, bad food, LOW pay
• Exciting adventure and great money
• It was boring and predictable

3 main European countries explorers came from during the Age of Exploration.

• Spain, India, and Africa
• China, Vikings, and Spain
• Spain, England, France
• Spain, France, China

What was the name of the disease many sailors contracted due to a poor diet and lack of vitamin “C”?

• Malaria
• Smallpox
• Scurvy
• Flu

What gave the European's the advantage when they came into contact with the Native Americans?

• Religion and Language
• The ability to see the future
• They could read and write English
• Better Technology, more crops, goods, wealth
  

Columbus is credited with discovering the New World, but what group of people were actually there first?

• China
• Vikings
• Spain
• Native Americans

What was the most important animal introduced to the New World from Old World? (Native Americans would use this the most!!)

• Horse
• Pig
• Goat
• Rat

What did Europeans bring over during the Columbian Exchange that killed millions of Native Americans?  

• Foods that led to poor diets
• Metal weapons
• Diseases
• Animals 

The name of the Land trade route that connected Europe, Asia, and Africa was known as First Land International Trade Route

• Silk trade
• Silk Road
• Columbian Exchange

Which country gathered the world's best mathematicians,  scientists, and ship builders to start a navigation school leading the "Old World" into the Age of Exploration?

• Spain 
• Portugal 
• France
• England