Age of Exploration/Scientific Revolution

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

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land

• a new trade route to India by sea

• a way to the South Pole

• a new school in Portugal

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

• a Portuguese prince

• He helped start European exploration and trade.

• He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.

• all of the above

Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry Hudson

_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Alfonso de Albuquerque

Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?

• Luxurious 

• Spacious 

• Accommodating

• Dark and Claustrophobic 

Slaves were brought to North America through the ____________  _______.

• Slave Ship

• Triangular Trade

• Northwest Passage

This man conquered the Aztec Empire.

• Columbus

• Cortes

• Cabral

• Cabot

The trip for slaves from Africa to the New World was called the ____________.

• Long Ride

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangle Trade

• Middle Passage

Which was the transfer of goods/disease/animals between New and Old World?

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchage

• Mercantilism