WHII 4a-f

Which is not a contributing factor to the European discovery of lands in the Western Hemisphere?

• European demand for gold, spices and resources

• To spread Christianity

• Political and economic isolation between European empires

• New navigational arts were created

Who was known for his pioneering role for sponsoring exploration for Portugal as shown?

• Francis Drake

• Prince Henry

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which explorer left Spain sailing west around South America to the Pacific Ocean and was credited for being the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Vasco da Gama

• Francis Drake

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

Representing Portugal, which navigator led ships around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497 and reached the west coast of India?

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernando Cortez

Which Spanish conquistador was known for conquering the Incan Empire?

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco da Gama

• Jacques Carter

How was European settlement unique in the Americas?

• Colonized by small groups of merchants

• Influenced by trading companies

• Culture and social patterns resembled the parent country

• Trading posts were established along the coast

The mixing of Old World and New World plants, animals and diseases from hemisphere to hemisphere became known as the –

• Trans-Saharan trade route

• Silk routes

• Columbian Exchange

• Southeast maritime trade

The shortage of workers to grow cash crops in the Americas led to –

• new labor laws in the colonies and Europe

• more diverse types of agriculture

• merchants moving trading posts to new locations

• the forced migration of enslaved Africans

Which is not a way Christianity was diffused into the Americas, Africa and Asia?

• Populations remained isolated

• Colonists migrated to new lands

• Influence from Catholic and Protestant colonists

• Indigenous populations converted

Which trade pattern linked Europe, Africa and the Americas known for the trading of slaves, sugar and rum?

• Columbian Exchange

• Silk routes

• Triangle trade

• Trans-Saharan routes