WH1.04 Global Contact

Which European is credited with ushering in the Age of Exploration?

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which best describes a reason that Europeans set forth on voyages of exploration in the 1400s?

• They were trying to escape the famine that was sweeping across Europe.

• They wanted to initiate trade with the West Indies.

• They were looking for new trade routes to Asia.

• They were looking for places to settle that had a mild climate.

Which country sponsored Columbus’s expedition that discovered the Americas?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

What were explorers hoping to find by searching for the Northwest Passage?

• a sea route to Asia across North America

• an overland route across North America

• a northwestern sea route to America

• an overland route to northwest Asia

Which country colonized the region that is now Brazil?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

Which Native American empires did Spanish conquistadors conquer?

• Maya and Olmec

• Zapatec and Nazca

• Mexico and Florida

• Aztec and Inca

To which New World location were the most enslaved Africans sent to work?

• wheat farms in New England

• sugar cane plantations in the West Indies

• coffee plantations in Central America

• mines and farms in South America

What crop spurred population growth in Europe after it was brought to Europe from the Americas?

• potatoes

• tomatoes

• sugar cane

• wheat

Which best describes a joint-stock company?

• a company owned by investors who share the profits

• a company that sells stock to the public in a stock exchange

• a company that sells stock in both gold and silver mines

• a company owned by several federal governments

Which European country was the first to ship African slaves to the Americas?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Portugal