Age of Exploration Quiz

Marco Polo influenced the Age of Exploration by

• returning with valuable silks, teas and spices from Asia

• teaching explorers how to build effective ships

• developing a social class system for explorers on ships

• successfully circumnavigating the globe

Why did the explorers travel by sea, rather than land, to reach Asia?

• Living on a boat was an easier way of life than traveling by land.

• The Ottoman Turks taught the Spanish and Portuguese how to build boats.

• The Ottoman Turks prevented people from passing through their land.

• The great European horse plague made it difficult to travel by land.

What did Vasco de Gama do before any other European explorer?

• He successfully reached Latin America by ship.

• He successfully reached India by ship.

• He successfully reached Africa by ship.

• He successfully reached Portugal by ship.

Why did Christopher Columbus think he had landed in India?

• He underestimated the distance around the world.

• People in the Caribbean spoke Hindi.

• He thought the world was flat.

• The spices he found were identical to those in India.

What two countries dominated trade during the Age of Exploration?

• Spain and Italy

• Portugal and England

• France and England

• Spain and Portugal

Which of the following goods shared in the Columbian exchange came from the Americas?

• cows

• cats

• coffee

• chocolate

What was a negative effect of the Columbian exchange?

• People tasted no new foods.

• Farmers in the Americas ran out of crops to grow.

• Diseases such as measles and smallpox were spread.

• Europe suffered from a shortage of horses for battle.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the line of demarcation between Spain and Portugal?

• Spain and Portugal became the most influential countries during the Age of Exploration.

• People in Brazil speak Portuguese.

• Prince Henry the Navigator explored the African coast.

• Spain and Portugal claimed ownership of land they hadn't discovered yet.

Circumnavigation means to

• discover new land

• travel completely around something, such as the globe

• settle in a new continent

• trade goods with another people

Which statement about life at sea during the Age of Exploration is true?

• Pages were the highest ranking people on the ships.

• The captain was the highest ranking person on the ship.

• The social ranks on ships were completely different than on land.

• Medicine of the time prevented people from getting sick.