Age of Exploration Quiz

What was the cross staff used for?

• The staff could tell the season by the stars

• The cross staff could tell longitude by the stars

• The cross staff could tell latitude by the stars

• The cross staff could tell the time of day by the stars

Why did Spain and Portugal want to find a way to the Indies?

• They were looking for better technology

• They wanted to prove the world was flat

• They wanted to stop the Italian monopoly on trade

• They wanted to prove the world was round

According to the Spanish myth, what would be found in the cities?

• gold and wealth

• spices and silk

• the lost bishops

• lost children

What was the significance of number 7?

• Seven is a lucky number in all cultures

• Seven bishops lived in seven Pueblo towns

• Seven ships took seven men to 7 islands

• Seven bishops fled the Moors and established seven wealthy cities

Where did Portugal go looking for routes to the Orient?

• They traveled North and across the North pole

• They traveled to Africa and around to India

• They traveled West

• They traveled South and around South America

Columbus sailed a latitude that he thought would bring him to what country?

• Japan

• Spain

• Mexico

• Columbia

Columbus' expedition started the Columbian Exchange. What was the Colombian Exchange?

• An early kind of telephone

• An exchange of ideas between Native Americans and white settlers.

• The sharing of goods and ideas between Europe and the New World.

• A trade of chocolate and chilies in exchange for gold.

Which statement below is true?

• The Europeans brought deadly diseases to Europe.

• The Europeans brought deadly diseases to the New World.

• Cures for diseases were found in the New World.

• none of the above

Which of these was an important trade system in the New World?

• The uranium trade with Mexico.

• The spice trade with Asia.

• The camel trade to Native Americans

• The slave tradeoff both Africans and Native Americans.

Which of the following is/are true about Columbus' voyage?

• He underestimated the size of the earth

• He did not have enough food and water.

• He did not understand the prevailing westerlies.

• all of the above