The Age of Exploration

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Queen Isabella

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust

• to connect

• court

• conquerors

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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

What was the motivation for exploration?

• Write a book about it

• Gold, God, Glory

• Land, food, water

• Position in the government

The inhumane voyage of slaves across the Atlantic ocean was called the

• End of Days

• Middle Passage

• Final Destination

• End of Freedom

Japan responded to European exploration by introducing what policy?

• Mercantilism

• Closed Country

• Open Country

• Free Trade

When was the Age of Exploration?

• 1095-1291
• 1860-1865
• 1400-1500
• 1450-1700

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson

Which of the following was a major impact of Columbus and his voyages?

• Knowledge of the world increased
• European countries started colonies in the New World
• Lasting contact between the Old and New Worlds was established
• All of these are true