Age of Exploration

This invention used the sun, moon, planets, and stars to help explorers navigate on the open ocean.

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant
• Telescope

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 Columbia Exchange was

• the arrival of Columbus three ships in San Salvador

• the gift of gold ornaments and pearls made by Columbus to America Indians

• the flow of goods and ideas between the Americas and Europe

• the first Spanish settlement in the New World

How is a colony different from other places in which people settle?

• It is ruled by another country

• It was started many years ago

• It is designed to be temporary

• It has a very simple way of life.

What did Ponce de Leon find while searching for the fountain of youth?

• Florida

• East Indies

• Mississippi River

• Northwest Passage

What happened when John Cabot reached the eastern coast of present-day Canada in 1497?

• His men attached the American Indians there.

• The Aztecs emperor welcomed him.

• He found the Seven Cities of Gold

• He claimed the land for England

Why did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado come to the Americas?

• to seek glory and wealth

• to find a shorter route to the East Indies

• to establish a colony for Spain

• to seek religious freedom

Why did Robert de La Salle want to explore the Mississippi River?

• He believed he would find the Seven Cities of God along the river.

• He expected that it was the short cut route to the East Indies.

• He had heard about the wealth of the Aztec empire and wanted to conquer it.

• He wanted to establish a French empire of trading posts, forts, and settlement.

Which of the following describes potatoes, beans, and squash?

• foods brought to the New World by Europeans.

• foods first grown by people in Asia.

• foods first grown by American Indians.

• foods that caused diets to become more unhealthy.