Unit 8: Age of Exploration

Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?

• Luxurious 
• Accommodating
• Spacious 
• Dark and Claustrophobic 

The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________  _________________

• Triangular Trade Route
• Middle Passage
• Northwest Passage
• Bermuda Triangle

What is the main reason Europeans sought an all-water route to Asia?

• They did not like the high prices of spices charged by Italy and Egypt.
• It was safer than going overland across Europe.
• They wanted to prove that the earth was round.
• They were tired of the cold European winters.

To meet the massive demand for slaves, where did the Europeans look for slaves?

• Europe
• Spain
• Africa
• Asia

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How did the Atlantic Slave Trade effect Africa's future?

• Africa's economy collapsed
• Africa's villages ceased to exist
• Africa's population increased

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How did Europeans justify enslaving Africans?

• They claimed that Africans were biologically inferior
• They claimed that Africans were biologically superior
• They claimed that Africans were cannibals

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors

Two things that conquistadors had that the Native Americans did not: horses and _______

• families
• gold
• guns
• land

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9