Unit 2 Test Review

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?

• compass
• caravel
• astrolabe

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?

• Asia
• Africa
• The north pole
• California

The global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas is known as the

• Scientific Revolution
• Columbian Exchange 
• New Imperialism 
• Middle Passage

How did European exploration of the Americas most affect the Inca and Aztec Empires

• It caused the population to move inland from coastal locations
• It encouraged tribal leaders to create alliances with Europeans
• It introduced diseases that destroyed populations of the natives
• It reduced the native reliance on agricultural production

Which explorer sailed to South America and conquered the Incan Empire by killing their leader?

• Henry the Navigator
• Cortez
• Pizarro
• Magellan

The Columbian Exchange promoted the exchange of goods between......

• the north and the south of Europe
• the old world and the new world
• Asia and Africa
• different countries in South America

The goals of the Age of Exploration were…

• To expand world ideas.
• To acquire goods.
• To Spread Christianity.
• All of the above.

Chinese explorer that completed 7 voyages throughout the Indian Ocean 

• Zheng He
• Kim Jung Un 
• Hirohito 
• Toyo 

Europeans had to travel by sea to get to Asia because___________ were blocking them on land

• Ottoman Turks
• Russians
• Bolsheviks
• Bohemians