Week 3 WORLD HISTORY- Age of Discovery, Columbian Exchange

What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he left Spain in 1492?

• A route to India

• New World

What explorer was credited as the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

European expansion was driven by which of the following?

• Gold

• God

• Glory

• All of the above

Which of the following was NOT a new technology that helped improve exploration?

• astrolabe

• lateen sail

• caravel (speedy ship)

• microscope

• compass

Which was traded from the Old World to the New World?

• horses and major diseases
• squash, pumpkins, and turkeys
• cocoa and horses
• cocoa and llamas

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

The intentional trading of goods for Europe to make a profit

• Columbian Exchange
• Triangular Trade

The unintentional mixing of crops, animals, diseases, and more between the Old and New World

• Columbian Exchange
• Triangular Trade

True or False: Africans were immune to many of the diseases that Natives died from

• True
• False

What did Africa get from the Triangular Trade?

• Slaves
• Guns
• Sugar
• Manufactured Goods