Age of Exploration Review

The exchange of goods, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?

• Tradism
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Columbian Exchange

What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?

• They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
• They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
• They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
• They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.

As a result of the Colombian Exchange and contact with Europeans, millions of Native Americans died as a result of what?

• New Foods, which the Native Americans could not  digest
• Religious persecution  from the Spanish Inquisition
• New diseases for which the Native Americans had no natural immunity
• Slavery, and their terrible journey across the ocean

How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?

• He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again
• He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people
• He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it
• Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

• Francisco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Franz Ferdinand

• Francisco Pizarro

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

Why did Europeans want to travel to Asian countries like India and China?

• To conquer East Asian nations.

• They wanted to vacation in Asia.

• To find quicker and cheaper trade routes to Asia.

• They wanted to know what all of the hype was about.

Which country had land in both North and South America?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

What is a colony?

• a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country

• a country that runs other countries under the control of a large company

• a place that is under the control of a religious leader that has total control of the government

• a country where all of the laws are voted on by every citizen