Savvas-Ch.2 Age of Exploration Study Guide

What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?

• to start a colony there

• to establish the slave trade

• to build a navy and start a war

• to find and control trade routes

Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?

• the trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and American Indians

• the passing of germs from Europeans to American Indians that resulted in epidemics

• a slave trade between Europeans and Africans that financed Columbus’s voyages

• the passage of European officials across the Atlantic to fill new positions in colonial governments

Who traveled in the route that is in the far northern part of the world, look at the arrows around the northern part of North America.

• Leif Ericcson

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

Who traveled along the route that is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?

• Leif Ericcson

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

Who traveled the route along the west coast of Africa?

• Leif Ericcson

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

Look at the level of activity between 1000 and 1500. Which statement about this time period does the timeline support?

• Merchants started trading with India using sea routes after 1419.

• Europeans abandoned sea travel until 1487 because it was too dangerous.

• Technology had improved enough by 1487 to make sea travel more common.

• There was little or no development in navigation and sailing technology until 1487.

Which generalization is supported by the timeline?

• Explorers made many expeditions at first, then little or none until 1419.

• Trade increased until the age of exploration ended in 1499.

• Explorers were more active after 1419 than before.

• Trade by sea became common after 1000.

Which statement does the timeline support?

• Leif Ericcson opened trade routes in North America.

• Explorers traveled the same routes for safety.

• Shipbuilding improved in the fifteenth century.

• Prince Henry started the age of exploration.

Which statement makes the best argument for what boat would be best for a long expedition?

• Boat A is small and helpful in exploring rivers by the shore.

• Boat B has large, square sail and oars that give it two sources of power.

• Boat C has room to store supplies and different shaped sails to use the wind better

• Boat D has oars and would be needed for sailors to go from the main ship to shore.

Which was a cause of the effect in the graphic organizer?

• Spain wanted to create jobs

• Spain needed money to pay for wars.

• Spain wanted to move its government.

• Spain needed to defend itself from American Indians.