Age of Exploration Review 1

Something that causes people to act

• Policy

• Motive

• Acquire

• Capitalism

Which continent motivated European explorers to find new trade routes?

• North America

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

True or False: The demand for new goods and resources increased during the Age of Exploration.

• True

• False

Which good interested many Europeans in terms of saving food for longer?

• Spices

• Silk

• Bamboo

• Gunpowder

True or False: Trade with the East from the West was easy.

• True

• False

True or False: The Age of Exploration began after the Renaissance.

• True

• False

The art of mapmaking

• Mercantilism

• Cartography

• Market Economy

• Capitalism

Better maps made navigation

• Easier

• More Difficult

• Challenging

• The same

True or False: There were new ship designs during the Age of Exploration that increased the success of some explorers.

• True

• False

Henry the Navigator was a _____________ explorer.

• Spanish

• English

• Portuguese

• Italian