Age of Exploration Review

Which was not a motivation for European exploration?

• God

• Gas

• Gold

• Glory

What is the Columbian Exhange?

• Exchange of ideas between Americas and Europe

• Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and Europe.

• Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

• Exchange of money between Mordor and Isengard

What is the name of the voyage African slaves took to the Americas?

• The Middle Passage

• The Long Journey

• The Long Passage

• The Middle Journey

If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?

• A rhododendron

• An Oval

• A Square

• A Triangle

The middle passage was the long journey from Africa to the Americas where an estimated 20% of slaves died along the way due to inhumane conditions.

• False

• True

The African Slave Trade devastated West African cities economically and politically.

• True

• False

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

• To visit holy sites

• to live in poverty

• to spread their beliefs

• to learn about other faiths

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

Look at the map. What types of things were traded from Europe to North America?

• Malaria, yellow fever

• Sugar, Rice

• Cattle, horses, pigs, wheat, rye, smallpox, other diseases

• Maize, potatoes, tobacco, beans, squash, peppers, cacao