Exploration and Trade Quiz

Who was first to discover the Americas?

• Portugal
• England
• France
• Spain

What was the primary motivation for the Spanish to begin exploration?

• Find new foods
• Fight the Muslims
• Find a passage to Africa
• Find a Western passage to India

Who was the first to find a sea route to India?

• Spain
• Portugal
• England
• France

Why did all of the European countries want to find go to India?

• Spice trade
• It was their holy land
• To fight the Muslims
• To visit Ms. Parikh's ancestors

What were the only three continents Europeans knew that existed in the early years of the Age of Exploration?

• Africa, Asia, Europe

• North American, South American, Australia

• Africa, Asia, Australia

• North American, South America, Europe

Why was it better for Europe to have a direct trading route with Asia?

• European merchants could buy items for a cheaper price that charged by the Arab merchants.

• European merchants could buy any item offered for sale in Asia

• European merchants could buy as much of any item

• All are correct

This time period with its “rebirth in learning” brought new technologies to help sailors explore further and faster than they have before.

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Age of Enlightenment

• Dark Ages

This​ ​helped​ ​explorers​ ​identify​ ​their​ ​location​ ​in​ ​the​ ​middle​ ​of​ ​the​ ​ocean​ ​when​ ​they were​ ​unable​ ​to​ ​rely​ ​on​ ​landmarks​ ​for​ ​their​ ​location.

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Cartography

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

Land the mother country takes in a distant place and uses to make money for itself is a _____________. 

• mercantilism
• conversion
• colony
• city