Ch. 3 Explorers Test

Where did Columbus land after he sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean?

• India

• Portugal

• North Africa

• The Bahamas

The king and queen of Spain paid for Columbus' s voyage because they hoped he would find

• faster ships

• beans and corn

• riches, such as gold

• colonies in North and South America

In the Columbian Exchange, what did Columbus take back to Europe from the Americas?

• potatoes

• barley

• wheat

• sugar

The Silk Road connected Europe and

• Africa

• China

• Italy

• the Americas

How did the Spanish treat the American Indians?

• The paid American Indians a lot of money to work on farms and mines

• They invited the American Indians to Spain

• They forced American Indians to work on farms and mines

• They gave the gold they found to American Indians

Why did explorers look for a Northwest Passage through North America to Asia?

• They wanted to find the ship wanted to find the ships that were lost in bad weather

• They wanted to find a good fishing area

• They needed a place to hide from the ships that attacked them

• They wanted to find a faster way to bring back riches from Asia

What was Ferdinand Magellan's purpose when he set sail from Spain in 1519

• to reach the Philippine Islands and bring back spices

• to explore South America and claim it for Portugal

• to explore the Americas and create maps

• to cross the Pacific Ocean and return to Spain

Spanish settlers imported enslaved Africans because

• They needed workers to replace the American Indians who died

• the enslaved Africans were better at farming

• American Indians wanted higher pay than enslaved Africans

• Africans already knew the Spanish language and customs

What effect did Marco Polo's book have on Europeans

• Admiral Zheng He sailed to Africa's east coast

• Mansa Musa traveled to Mecca

• They became more interested in travel to Asia

• They did not find Marco Polo interesting

What important contribution did Portuguese explorers make to European trade?

• They discovered the Silk Road

• They found a sea route to Asia

• They brought the first Asian spices to Europe

• They founded the colonies along Africa's coast