Exploration and Expansion

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 the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration

• By emphasizing the importance of converting people to Christianity
• By awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe
• By persuading Europeans that the pursuit of wealth was all-important
• By fostering a belief in the importance of working as a group

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

The reasons that the Europeans explored in the 16th century can be summed up by the three words....

• Gold, Guts, Goals
• God, Glory, Gold
• Glory, Land, Conquest
• Good, Glory, Guts

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

Mercantilism helped create trade patterns in which raw materials were imported and then processed and redistributed to other colonies. Mercantilism is based on the idea that....

• Trade generates wealth
• Trade is a waste of time

The goals of the Age of Exploration were…

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

The "Old World " was considered to be the continents of...

• Europe, Africa, and Asia
• North and South America
• Australia and Canada
• Asia and North America

The "New World " was considered to be the continents of...

• North and South America
• Europe, Africa, and Asia
• Australia and Canada
• Asia and South America

What does circumnavigate mean?

• To move the sails in a circular motion
• To use circles to locate key areas on a map.
• To travel in a circle from one area and back
• To travel completely around the earth