The Age of Exploration

What were the two main motives for European exploration?

• Religion

• Knowledge

• Power

• Wealth

Which Spanish explorer was looking for India and ran into what are the present day Caribbean Islands?

• Pizarro

• Cortes

• Columbus

• Magellan

Which Spanish explorer travelled to South America and conquered the indigenous Inca civilization?

• Cortes

• Pizarro

• Magellan

• de Soto

France colonized and explored parts of __________.

• Canada

• Present day U.S.

• Mexico

• Cuba

What term refers to a large supply of gold and silver?

• Mercantilism

• Draft

• Mestizo

• Bullion

A government in power is a ______.

• Regime

• Caravel

• Coup

Economic thought that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver.

• Capitalism

• Isolationism

• Mercantilism

Check all that apply: European exploration affected all of the following areas.

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

True OR False: Growth of trade led to the development of the first global economy.

• True

• False

What is this a picture/map of?

• The Triangular Trade

• The Middle Passage

• The Columbian Exchange