Exploration Review

Why was the Age of Exploration the first global turning point?

• It was the first to include global brands

• It was the first trading between Asia, Africa, and Europe.

• It was the first to involve Australia.

• It was the first connection between the Old World and the New World.

Which trade routes from the ancient and medieval period were no longer an option to buy goods from Asia?

• Trans-Saharan Trade

• Silk Road

• Indian Ocean Trade

• Mediterranean Trade

In order to reach Asia, European explorers first had to sail around which continent?

• Africa

• North America

• South America

• Australia

Many of the European countries wanted to spread?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

The goal of mercantilism was to get as much _______________ as possible for your country.

• Spices and silk

• Colonies and lands

• Gold and silver

• Religion and God

How did explorers 1st seek a faster water route to Asia?

• traveling West of Europe in ships

• traveling towards the northern Atlantic

• using the water routes of the Silk Road

• sailing south of South America

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of resources, ideas, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.

• The spread of diseases across North and South America.

• The creation of Hispaniola by Christopher Columbus.

• The exchange of goods between Christopher Columbus and the Spanish King.

Sailors used astrolabes to tell... (pick 2)

• direction

• latitude

• speed

• time

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

• To visit holy sites

• to live in poverty

• to spread their beliefs

• to learn about other faiths

Conquistador is a Spanish word that means.....

• colony

• capitalism

• conqueror

• cottage