Age of Exploration Quizizz

What is the transportation of slaves from Africa to the New World? Approximately 12 millions people made this journey.

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

• Colonization

• Middle Passage

What is the process of countries conquering new lands to use for trade?

• Columbian Exchange

• Colonization

• Mercantilism

• Middle Passage

What is the process of countries using and relying on trade?

• Columbian Exchange

• Colonization

• Mercantilism

• Middle Passage

What is the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the Old World and New World?

• Columbian Exchange

• Colonization

• Mercantilism

• Middle Passage

Who was the first European to sail around Africa and reach India?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gamma

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gamma

• Christopher Columbus

Who led the first voyage that would circumnavigate the globe?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gamma

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the first person to prove that you could reach land by sailing west?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gamma

• Christopher Columbus

Voyages of European exploration were made possible mainly by new or improved technologies. Select all of these new or improved technologies from below...

• Navigational Compass

• Astrolabe

• Printing Press

• Sextant

The desire for spices and other trade goods led to European exploration and colonization of which of the following places? (check all that apply)

• Americas

• Australia

• Asia

• Africa

• Antarctica