World History - Age of Exploration

Spain gained wealth in the Age of Exploration by conquering the Aztecs and Incas of Mexico and South America and forcing them to provide ___________.

• gold
• fur
• spices
• tobacco

He was the first explorer to lead an expedition to sail all the way around the world (circumnavigate the globe).

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Da Gama

The exchange of foods, goods, and ideas between the Old World and the New World in the 1500s is called the _________.

• Elizabethan Exchange
• Currency Exchange
• The Age of Discovery
• Colombian Exchange

Slaves were mainly brought to the New World from _________.

• Africa

• New Netherland

• Canada

• New Zealand

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

How were the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies the same?

• Both had positive relationships with the Natives
• Both were in present day Virginia
• Both were settled by English colonists
• Both disappeared mysteriously

Columbus sailed _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia.

• north

• south

• east

• west

During the Age of Exploration, Europe looked for sea routes to the East in order to __________.

• find a faster trade route to Asia
• spread Christianity
• colonize new territories
• all of the above

Why was the Treaty of Tordesillas important?

• It divided the lands of Africa between the Spanish and the Portuguese.

• It divided the land of the Americas with an imaginary line. West of the line went to Portugal while the land east of the line went to Spain.

• It divided the land of the "New World" with an imaginary line. The land east of the line went to Portugal, and the land west of the line went to Spain.

• The Line of Demarcation was an agreement gave land north of the line to Spain, while the land south of the line to Portugal.

By the 1700s, which nation's East India company dominated the Indian Ocean trade?

• France

• England

• Portugal

• the Netherlands