Unit 3: The Age of Exploration and Trade (Section 1 & 2)

Where did Europe get many of its prized goods during the Middle Ages?

• France

• England

• India

• Indonesia

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What were some of the foreign goods that Europeans sought during the Middle Ages?

• Spices

• Flour

• Perfumes

• Cosmetics

• Medicine

Which best explains the network of trade in the 1400s?

• Chinese---Arabs---Italians---other Europeans

• Indians---- Chinese--- Italians--- other Europeans

• Indians---- Arabs----Europeans

• Chinese----Arabs--- Europeans

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What were some of the tools that helped the early explorers navigate?

• The astrolabe

• The compass

• Improved Maps

• The globe

At the time of the early explorers, who were the world powers?

• Spain, England, Germany, and Italy

• Italy, France, England, and Spain

• Italy, Germany, France, and Spain

• Spain, France, Portugal, and England

Who is credited as being the first to reach the "new world"?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Jacques Cartier

Who the new world was eventually named after:

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Sailed to the tip of what is now South America and to the Pacific Ocean:

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

We can thank this explorer for England's influence in North America:

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

The strongest weapon Europeans unknowingly had against the indigenous people:

• Horses

• Rats

• Cannons

• Smallpox