Social Studies Unit 3 "Age of Exploration"

The stern rudder helped _______________.

• control the direction of the ship

• tell North, East, South, West

• the ship go faster

• determine longitude and latitude

Merchants number one goal was _____________.

• discover new lands

• to sail across the ocean

• to make money

• to sail around Africa

Explorers had to cross the Atlantic Ocean during the ________________.

• Silk Road

• missionary

• Columbian Exchange

A missionary is a __________________.

• person who tries to persuade people to accept new religious beliefs

• a person who buys and sells goods for a living

• person that unites with another in order to do something

• tool used in navigation

The Americas introduced corn and tomatoes to the Europeans.

• True

• False

Two diseases brought to the Americas were ____________.

• shingles and flu

• heart disease and diabetes

• chicken pox and tuberculosis

• measles and smallpox

John Cabot sailed for this country. (The country that hired him.)

• Portugal

• France

• England

• America

Oceans were considered to be _____________________.

• a great unknown

• unnavigable

• too cold to explore

• the greatest achievement

The ancient trade route crossing Europe and Asia was called ______________,

• Silk Road

• Columbian Exchange

• Caravel

• Northwest Passage

The Dutch East India Company paid for __________ voyage to the New World.

• John Cabot's

• Montezuma's

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Henry Hudson's