Age of Exploration Pre-Assessment

The exchange of plants, animals and people between Europe, Asia and the Americas is?

• Middle Passage

• Northwest Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas is?

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Northwest Passage

The idea that a country gains power by building up their gold and silver?

• Capitalism

• Free enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

A settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to the homeland is?

• Settlement

• Colony

• Homeland

• Country

How did the Columbian Exchange have a negative effect on the native people of the Americas?

• Many natives were forced to build houses for European settlers.

• Many natives starved when Europeans stole their crops.

• Many natives lost much wealth as Africans took their jobs on plantations.

• Many natives died due to exposure of European diseases.

Why did European nations begin colonizing other lands?

• God, Power, Gold

• Gold Resources, Fame

• Glory, Power, Money

• God, Glory, Gold

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

• Elizabethan Exchange

• Currency Exchange

• The Age of Discovery

• Columbian Exchange

Which of the following is an example of the result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• The Portuguese Empire was larger than the Spanish Empire

• Spain took control of Brazil

• The Spanish empire was bigger than the Portuguese Empire

• It split Canada and the Americas appropriately

Which of the following was not a reason the early exploreres began to make voyages?

• to search for gold and riches

• to make friends with the Native Americans

• to spread their religion

• the explorers wanted to become famous

What was the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa and the Americas called?

• Golden Age

• Triangular Trade

• Slave Trade

• Middle Passage