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Age of Exploration Review

Authored by Chris Anderson

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tradism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Columbian Exchange

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

Francisco Pizarro

Hernan Cortez

Amerigo Vespucci

Christopher Columbus

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

Francisco de Gama

Ferdinand Magellan

Franz Ferdinand

Francisco Pizarro

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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