Chapter 2 Test: Age of Exploration

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

• to find and control trade routes

• to build a navy and start a war

• to establish the slave trade

• to start a colony there

Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?

• the passing of germs from Europeans to American Indians that resulted in epidemics

• the trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and American Indians

• the passage of European officials across the Atlantic to fill new positions in colonial governments

• a slave trade between Europeans and Africans that financed Columbus's voyages

Which explorer's route is shown in the upper left corner of the map?

• Leif Ericcson

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• none of these

Which explorer's route is shown on the map stretching from Europe to lower North America?

• Leif Ericcson

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• none of these

Which explorer's route is shown on the map stretches from Europe to Africa?

• Leif Ericcson

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• none of these

Which generalization is supported by the timeline?

• Merchants started trading with India using sea routes after 1419.

• Europeans abandoned sea travel until 1487 because it was too dangerous.

• There was little or no development in navigation and sailing technology until 1487.

• Technology had improved enough by 1487 to make sea travel more common.

Which statement does the timeline support?

• Prince Henry started the age of exploration.

• Shipbuilding improved in the fifteenth century.

• Explorers traveled the same routes for safety.

• Leif Ericcson opened trade routes to North America.

Sequence these explorers in the order they made their journeys.

• Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, and Dias

• Columbus, Coronado, Cortes, and Dias

• Dias, Cortés, Coronado, and Columbus

• Dias, Columbus, Cortes, and Coronado

How is a colony different than an empire?

• Two colonies become an empire once they agree to trade goods.

• A colony is a settlement or area far from the country that rules it.

• Colonies have stronger governments than empires.

• A colony is made up of a group of smaller empires.

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

• C

• A

• B

• D