Unit 10 Test Review

Which route represents the path taken by the European explorer Christopher Columbus?

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• 2

• 3

• 4

The voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492

• opened the way for Spain to colonize North and South America.

• led the way for Portugal to build a vast trading empire in Asia.

• led England to claim the the vast territory surrounding Hudson Bay.

• showed Spain the way around South America and into the Pacific Ocean

Which route represents the path taken by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which route represents the path taken by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The men largely responsible for Spain's conquest of the New World were known as

• condottiere.

• encomendieros.

• coureurs de bois.

• los conquistadors.

· Giovanni da Verrazzano

· Jacques Cartier

· Samuel de Champlain

Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain are MOST associated with the exploration and settling of

• Quebec and New France

• Jamestown and Roanoke

• Haiti and New Orleans

• St. Augustine and Miami

· His first voyage consisted of a fleet of around 300 ships

holding almost 28,000 crewmen.

· His fleets visited Arabia, East Africa, India, Indonesia and Thailand.

· His voyages took place in the early-1400s.

· He led seven expeditions to the Indian Ocean and may have traveled as far as the Cape of Good Hope.

Which explorer is being described by these statements?

• Zheng He

• James Cook

• Vasco da Gama

• Samuel de Champlain

What would be the BEST title for this map?

• The Industrial Age

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Most of the depopulation of the Native American population in the 16th century can be attributed to

• Disease

• Fires

• Slavery

• War

Plants were spread from one continent to another.

· Animals and diseases were introduced to new areas.

· Populations were destroyed by foreign contact.

· The process began in the late 15th century.

• the Silk Roads.

• scientific discovery.

• the Columbian Exchange.

• circumnavigation of the world.