Exploration/Colonization

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?

• Spain

• England

• Italy

• Portugal

How did the printing press impact exploration?

• It allowed people to travel against the wind.

• It allowed people to take pictures of the journeys they had traveled

• It made books more expensive

• The printing press allowed more people to learn to read and want to explore.

What is the benefit of the ship in this picture?

• It allowed explorers to be able to sail into the wind
• It always pointed North
• It could travel faster than all other ships
• It had more cargo room

What's the historical significance of the beaver during the Age of Exploration?

• Native Americans suffered as they lost the beaver as a source of food
• French explorers traded heavily with Native Americans for beaver hides to make money
• Spaniards killed off much of the beaver population for damaging buildings around their colonies
• Beavers were brought over to the New World where they took over local waterways

What is the name of the tool that allowed explorers to determine their position north and south?

• Astrolabe
• Magnetic compass
• Caravel
• navigator's level

What was the primary killer of Natvie Americans during the Age of Exploration?

• Diseasese

• Foreign plants in their forests

• Warfare

• Poverty

What is the significance of the Columbian Exchange? 

• It brought many new ways of life to the Old and New Worlds
• The plants brought to the Old World didn't survive there
• Many Native Americans would move to Europe for a better way of life
• Native Americans became very wealthy off the trade with Europeans

During the Age of Exploration, explorers were trying to find new trade routes to what place?

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

What is a cash crop?

• the name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas
• an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars
• a crop that is grown in large quantities for sale
• a person who travels in search of new geographical information

Conquered Mexico and defeated Aztec

• Francisco Pizarro

• Sir Francis Drake

• Hernan Cortez

• Henry the Navigator