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Which of these new technologies made long sea travels possible?

• Astrolabe and quadrant

• New and improved ships

• Compass

• All of the choices

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• When the Europeans gave the indigenous people of the Americas fair treatment.

• When Europeans came into America to spread Christianity

• When Spanish conquistadors took over the Americas

• The exchange of culture, plants, people, animals and diseases.

What are Armadas?

• Farmers that work on rented land.

• A fleet of warships

• An army of Spanish soldiers.

• An army of Native American people.

There was only positive things that happened during the Colombian Exchange.

• True

• False

The man who realized that the Americas were continents and were named after him.

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

The first person that was credited for using circumnavigation around the world.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Chirstopher Columbus

The person who explored Panama and claimed it for Spain and the Pacific Ocean

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

The explorer who sailed west and was supported by Spain.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

Why were European countries interested in finding a new route to the East Indies?

• To get valuable spices

• To spread Christianity to the East Indies

• To conquer the East Indies

• To get more land

The British, French, Spanish, and Dutch all explored _________________.

• The East Indies

• Europe

• East Africa

• The Americas