Age of Exploration Review

The Columbian Exchange changed the landscape of the Americas with the introduction of...

• Livestock like horses

• Irrigation

• Gold Mines

• Advanced Calendars

The Catholic Church aided the Spanish in conquering the New World in this way:

• Protecting natives

• Having priests act as guides

• Sending missionaries to convert natives

• Giving gold to the conquistadores.

Check all that apply: Motivations for European exploration in the 15th and 16th Centuries include:

• Avoiding Ottoman taxes on trade from China

• Seeking a direct trade route to India

• Suspicion that there had to be more continents out there than we knew about.

• To locate islands for the relocation of criminals

Select all that apply: Aztec religious practices were influenced by which older societies?

• Catholics

• Toltecs

• Zapotecs

• Mayans

Which of the following made trans-oceanic travel possible?

• Chinese maps of the North American Coast

• Improved Navigational and shipbuilding techniques

• The discovery of the Americas by Vikings

• Concerns about the domination of Ottoman trade fleets

Sikhs do NOT believe in which of these things

• Reincarnation

• Gurus to teach ethical behavior

• Polytheism

• The wearing of certain articles of faith as clothing

As a result of the Renaissance and Age of Exploration, many European nations were able to

• Create empires based on overseas colonies

• band together to defeat the Ottoman Empire

• Invade India and China

• Eliminate the power of the Catholic Church

A new emphasis on what changed how we think of Science during the Renaissance Period?

• Previous Beliefs

• Observation

• The writings of Greeks and Romans

• Religious teachings

How Did the Dutch East Indies and British East India Companies effect trade in the Indian Ocean?

• Removed Ottoman and Chinese traders

• Made it easier for resources to reach the Americas

• Acted as middlemen between Europe and the East

• Destroyed trade ports

Select all that apply: Mesoamerican civilizations known for enslaving conquered peoples.

• Aztecs

• Portuguese

• Mayans

• Inca