Chapter 2 Test Study Guide

What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?

• to start a colony there
• to establish the slave trade
• to build a navy and start a war
• to find and control trade routes

Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?

• the trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and American Indians
• the passing of germs from Europeans to American Indians that resulted in epidemics
• a slave trade between Europeans and Africans that financed Columbus’s voyages
• the passage of European officials across the Atlantic to fill new positions in colonial governments

Look at the level of activity between 1000 and 1500. Which statement about this time period does the timeline support?

• Merchants started trading with India using sea routes after 1419.
• Europeans abandoned sea travel until 1487 because it was too dangerous.
• Technology had improved enough by 1487 to make sea travel more common.
• There was little or no development in navigation and sailing technology until 1487.

Which generalization is supported by the timeline?

• Explorers made many expeditions at first, then little or none until 1419.
• Trade increased until the age of exploration ended in 1499.
• Explorers were more active after 1419 than before.
• Trade by sea became common after 1000.

Which statement does the timeline support?

• Leif Ericcson opened trade routes to North America.
• Explorers traveled the same routes for safety.
• Shipbuilding improved in the fifteenth century.
• Prince Henry started the age of exploration.

What boat would have been best for a long expedition across an ocean in the 1400s?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which statement makes the best argument for what boat would be best for a long expedition?

• The boat labeled A is small and is helpful for exploring rivers by the shore.
• The boat labeled B has a large, square sail and oars that give it two sources of power.
• The boat labeled C has room to store supplies and different-shaped sails to use the wind better.
• The boat labeled D has oars and would be needed for sailors to go from the main ship to shore.

Which was the cause of the effect in the graphic organizer?

• Spain wanted to create jobs.
• Spain needed money to pay for wars.
• Spain wanted to move its government.
• Spain needed to defend itself from American Indians.

Which part of the excerpt shows the negative treatment of American Indians at the hands of European explorers? “As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts.” —Christopher Columbus, 1493

• “As soon as I arrived in the Indies . . .”
• “. . . on the first island which I found . . .”
• “. . . I took some of the natives by force . . .”
• “. . . in order that they . . . might give me information . . .”

Which trade would reflect the Columbian Exchange?

• peppers for potatoes
• corn for tomatoes
• horses for wheat
• sugar for grapes