7th Grade - End of year review #1

Which one of the following is NOT a reason that helps explain why it was better for Europeans to bypass (go around) the Middle Men at the end of the Silk Road in the Middle East.

• Europeans could buy items for a cheaper price

• Europeans could quickly get to Asia going around the Middle Men

• Europeans could buy ANY item offered for sale in Asia

• Europeans could buy as much of any item

In regards to the Columbian Exchange, what was the major factor that killed majority of the Native Americans?

• They died from starvation
• They died from disease
• They died from battle
• They died from poor nutrition 

Why were the diseases from the Europeans so deadly to the Native Americans?

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• They had no medicines or immunity to the diseases

How did Prince Henry of Portugal contribute to the Age of Exploration?

• He invented the astrolabe so explorers could sail further into the ocean.
• He was the first to sail around Africa leading to a trade route by water to India.
• He developed a school of navigation that prepared future explorers with the necessary skills.
• He was the first European to discover the New World leading to wave of explorers looking to wealth.

Which is not one of the three reasons Europeans explored?

• God
• Gas
• Gold
• Glory

What is an astrolabe? 

• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• None of the above. 

What is a caravel?

• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• All of the above. 

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

• racism
• colony
• mercantalism
• ethnocentric

How did most Native Americans die during the Exploration?

• They died from war.

• The conquistadors starved them

• Smallpox and other diseases

• Drowning in ships

This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

• Vasco De Gama

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Black Beard