The Age of Exploration

What was a main motive for European exploration?

• Finding spices from the Americas

• Finding new trade routes to Asia

• Finding people who could design better ships

• Finding foods that would not spoil on a long voyage

Ferdinand Magellan is known for

• Being the first person to sail around the world

• Discovering America

• Discovering Africa

• Being the first person to claim that the Earth was round

Which of these is an advance in knowledge and technology that led to European exploration?

• The desire to spread Christianity

• The chance to earn wealth from new lands

• Improved ship design

• Merchants who wanted to increase trade

The term used to describe the widespread movement of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after 1492 is

• Cottage Industry

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

How did advances in cartography lead to European exploration

• Caravels made it easier for explorers to sail

• Compasses helped people find direction

• Better maps made navigation easier

• Improved weapons helped Europeans conquer native peoples

Which was NOT one of the G's we discussed as being a reason why some explorers wanted to venture to new places

• Gold

• God

• Geography

• Glory

• Goods

Which of the following was one of the ways the Columbian Exchange impacted Europe?

• Diseases such as smallpox were completely eliminated.

• Europeans became less reliant on horses as a means of transportation.

• New crops such as potatoes became an important part of European diets.

• It became fashionable to drink coffee throughout Europe.

Which Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa and across the Indian Ocean to reach India?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Pedro Cabral

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

According to mercantilism, what was the best way to increase a nation's power?

• Increase the nation's population

• Send raw materials to colonies

• Conquer many territories

• Increase the nation's wealth

A territory that is under the political and economic control of another country is called

• Market economy

• Cottage industry

• Nation

• Colony