The Age of Exploration and Colonization Review

What did Vasco da Gama discover? (a)  

• The sea route to India
• The sea route to America
• The sea route to Europe

What were Europeans searching for (a)  

• Gold, silver and spices
• People
• Animals and plants

Who was the first explorer to sail from Portugal to India (a)  

• Bartholomew Diaz
• Vasco Da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Marco Polo

Which of the following is the primary reason that European rulers became interest in trans-Atlantic exploration beginning in the 15th century?

• They were curious about whether or not the world was round.

• They were seeking an overseas trade route to Asia.

• They wanted to become allies with Western Hemisphere natives.

• They were looking to relocate their European empires to a new continent.

What was the primary purpose of the Spanish colonies that were established in North America in the early 1500s?

• To foster friendship between Spaniards and Native Americans

• To establish religious freedom for Spaniards fleeing Europe

• To grow crops for Spain

• To find gold and to spread Christianity

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world. (a)  

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernan Cortes
• Marco Polo

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They had no impact

• They wiped out 90% of the Europeans

• They wiped out 90% of the indigenous people

• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

What countries were involved in the Age of Exploration?

• Spain, Germany, and France

• England, Spain, Portugal, and France

• Italy, Spain, and Portugal

• Portugal, Ireland, & France

Which event started European exploration?

• Creation of new Islamic colonies in England and Spain

• Lack of products to trade with Muslims

• Ottoman conquest of the Byzantine Empire

• Crusades and the Hundred Years War

Colonization means...

• to take control of a country and its resources to benefit your country

• to make a new home in another a country

• to establish trade with people from another country

• to participate in cultural exchanges with people from other countries