Exploration Review

Why did Europeans begin to explore?

• the Ottoman Empire controlled the Silk Road and taxed Europeans using the Silk Road
• a sea route to Asia would make purchasing goods easier and cheaper
• Europeans wanted to spread Christianity
• all of the above

Who sponsored Columbus' expedition to the Americas?

• Italy
• Spain
• France
• England

What is the term for travelling all the way around the globe?

• Diamitating
• Encompassing
• Circumnavigating
• Trajectoring

Who was the first person to sail around the globe?

• Christopher Columbus
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizarro
• Ferdinand Magellan 

What was the exchange of goods from Europe to the Americas?

• Colombian  Exchange
• Triangular Trade
• Livestock Exchange
• Cuban Exchange

What was responsible for the death of so many Native Americans?

• Advanced Weaponry
• Tribal Warfare
• Hernan Cortes
• Disease

Which European country was the leader in developing and applying 15th century sailing innovations?

• Italy

• Spain

• Portugal

• the Netherlands

Who captained the first European ship to sail around the tip of Africa, now known as the Cape of Good Hope?

• Prince Henry

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

What was a direct result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on African cultures?

• Many African communities faced economic disaster

• European industrial factories were established throughout Africa.

• Animism was no longer practiced in Africa.

• Africans across the continent hired Europeans to train their military.

Who conquered the Aztecs?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus