Age of Exploration

The biggest reason that Europeans began exploring in the 1400s was to find

• the New World

• new religions

• slaves to work on their plantations

• a water route to Asia

The Spanish colonized the New World for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• God

• glory

• government

• gold

The second part of the Triangular Trade that slaves took from Africa to America is known as the

• Long Journey

• Middle Passage

• Northwest Passage

• Slave Trade

Which of the following was the MAJOR European disease that killed many Native Americans?

• AIDS

• smallpox

• Ebola

• Spanish flu

Which of the following countries had successful explorations in the New World?

• Spain

• Egypt

• Australia

• India

What was the first European country to successfully explore the Atlantic Ocean in the 1400s?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

The economic theory that says a government should do all it can to increase its wealth, including colonization, is called

• mercantilism

• communism

• feudalism

• exploration

The transportation of African people from Africa to the Colonies was called __________.

• The Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Atlantic Ocean Trade

• The Slave Trade

One of the most important technological advances that helped explorers was

• old maps

• ships made of iron

• the astrolabe

• the internet

Bartholomeu Dias

• Explored the New York area

• Circumnavigated the world

• Sailed around Africa to India

• Landed in the Caribbean