Exploration & Colonization

What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?

• They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
• They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
• They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
• They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.

The voyage of Magellan was the first to do what?

• travel around the horn of Africa
• circumnavigate the globe
• bring enslaved Africans to Europe
• reach the Americas

How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the New World?

• They prayed for the Native Americans.
• They became friends and traded goods with the Native Americans.
• They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans.
• They paid them gold to work building colonies for them.

What is an astrolabe?

• A new design for ships which allowed them to sail in shallow water.
• A device that used the sun and stars to determine latitude.
• A device that used magnetic north to determine direction.
• A flat, movable piece at the back of the ship used to help the boat steer.

The exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?

• Triangular Trade
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Columbian Exchange

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The Middle Passage was_______________?

• The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
• The transport of Africans to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
• Trading goods among three people.
• The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.

How did the discovery and colonization of the New World lead to international trade?

• It strengthened the Feudal system.
• Colonies provided raw materials and markets to sell to.
• Colonies discouraged international trade.
• It strengthened relations with Native Americans.

Mother Country sought to control trade, create favorable balance of trade, and build up supplies of gold and silver bullion. Which statement best defines this term?

• Communism
• Feudalism
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Jamestown
• Charleston
• St. Augustine
• Plymouth Rock

Conquered Mexico and defeated Aztec 

• Francisco Pizarro 
• Sir Francis Drake 
• Hernan Cortez 
• Henry the Navigator