Age of Exploration

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

• Tradism
• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Columbian Exchange

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

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.

What is a colony?

• a country or area under the full or partial political control of another 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

The country that launched the Age of Discovery was:

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

A new type of ship capable of sailing in the open ocean.

• astrolabe

• compass

• canoe

• caravel

A device to help sailors determine their location using stars.

• compas

• astrolabe

• compass

• caravel

He was an explorer and the first European who reached India by sailing south around Africa.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

He established a school of navigation in Portugal.

• Prince Henry

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Globalization