Age of Exploration 2019-20

Which of the following events contributed to the Age of Exploration by awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation?

• Middle Ages

• Black Death

• Renaissance

• Reformation

The desire for fame and glory, to spread Christianity, and to gain wealth were all motivation for:

• The Renaissance

• The Reformation

• The Age of Exploration

• The Age of Absolutism

Which of the following technologies enabled sailors to plot courses and sail long distances?

• Compass and astrolabe

• Printing press and books

• Bessemer process and cotton gin

• Triangular trade and the middle passage

Henry the Navigator:

• circumnavigated the earth

• was a patron and supporter of those who wished to explore

• was financed by the Spanish to find a shorter route to India and Asia

• had the Americas named after himself

Ferdinand Magellan:

• circumnavigated the earth

• was a patron and supporter of those who wished to explore

• was financed by the Spanish to find a shorter route to Asia and India

• had the Americas named after himself

Christopher Columbus:

• circumnavigated the earth

• was patron and supporter of those who wished to explore

• was financed by the Spanish to find a shorter route to India and Asia

• had the Americas named after himself

Jamestown

• was the first Spanish colony in North America

• was the first French colony in North America

• was the first Portuguese colony in North America

• was the first English colony in North America

Which group of settlers in Canada were mainly fur traders?

• Spanish

• English

• French

• Portuguese

The French and Indian War was the result of tension between the:

• English and French

• Spanish and French

• Portuguese and French

• Native Americans and French

Which of the following resulted in the Spanish Empire becoming larger than the Portuguese Empire?

• French and Indian War

• Louisiana Purchase

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Treaty of Versailles