Unit 4: Exploration

Who was the explorer who first circumnavigated the globe?

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Drake

• Cortes

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, people, etc. between the New World and the Old World is called

• Triangular Trade

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• Colonization

What happened to the Native American population as a result of European colonization?

• Population declined

• Population increased

• Population stayed the same

Trade route between the Americas, Europe, and Africa over raw materials, finished products, and slaves.

• Triangular Trade

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

The Ottoman Turks' control of the Silk Road is best explained as the

• reason Europe started the Crusades

• reason Europe started looking for a sea route to Asia

• reason trade declined in the Americas

• reason the Soviet Union sent a missile into space

Chinese explorer who sailed around the coast of Southeast Asia

• Sir Francis Drake

• Zheng He

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro

As a result of the decline of the Native population, Europe turned to where for a labor source

• Africa

• Asia

• Australia

• Anarctica

Spanish explores and conquerors

• Navigators

• Cavalry

• Navy SEALS

• Conquistadors

What was the INITIAL reason that European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• to find new sea routes to Asia

• to form military alliances

• to spread Christianity to Africa

• to find new sources of cheap labor

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada