The Age of Exploration

There were many advancements during the Age of Exploration. Which led to the settlement of the Americas?

• better farming technology

• better painting technology

• better sailing technology

• better military technology

What was a significant result of European exploration through the Columbian Exchange?

• Europeans became dependent on crops from America.

• The bubonic plague spread throughout Europe.

• European diseases caused millions of deaths among American Indians.

• Raw materials from America became very expensive due to scarcity.

Which is an effect of European exploration of the Americas?

• Germany extended its New World empire.

• Spain dominated North and South America.

• Africans were enslaved to work in mines and on plantations.

• American Indians maintained resistance to African and Eurasian diseases.

Which of the following was an economic factor in sixteenth-century Europe that led to the exploration of North America?

• underpopulation

• expansion of trade

• agricultural surplus

• inadequate labor supply

Which was an immediate result of the European Age of Exploration?

• Islamic culture spread across Africa and Asia.

• European influence spread to the Western Hemisphere.

• Independence movements developed in Asia and Africa.

• Military dictatorships where established throughout Europe.

During the Middle Ages, Europeans did not eat potatoes or corn because these vegetables

• were forbidden by the Catholic Church for religious reasons

• had not yet been introduced to Europe from the New World

• were believed to be poisonous

• were too expensive to import from China

Which statement explains the long-term significance of the travels of Christopher Columbus?

• His interactions with the indigenous peoples served as a model for fair treatment of minorities.

• His ships were the first to complete an around-the-world voyage and prove the earth was round.

• His calculations of the distance between Europe and Asia became the basis for our modern maps.

• His voyages started a vast cultural exchange between the two hemispheres.

Which statement about the Columbian exchange is a fact rather than an opinion?

• The Columbian exchange had a positive effect on the Americas.

• The Columbian exchange benefited Europe more than it benefited the Americas.

• The Columbian exchange brought new foods and products to Europe and the Americas.

• The Columbian Exchange created a modern Europe.

After contact with Europeans in the 1500s, millions of native peoples in the Americas died as a result of

• new foods, which the native peoples could not digest.

• religious persecution resulting from the Spanish Inquisition.

• new diseases to which the native peoples has no natural immunity.

• slavery and the terrible conditions on their sea journey to Europe.

A major reason for Zheng He's voyages during the 15th century was to

• promote trade and collect tribute

• establish colonies in Africa and India

• seal off China's borders from foreign influence

• prove the world was round