Age of Exploration

What is true about MERCANTILISM?

• the Mother Country controls trade

• a network of trade

• trading land

What is the Columbian Exchange?

• rebirth of art and learning

• trade in a triangle shape between England, the West Indies, and the Americas

• global transfer of food, plants, and animals between the Old World and New World

What was one effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• Europe's population declined.

• Islam spread to South America.

• new foods were introduced to both Europe and the Americas

God, Gold, and Glory were the reason for...

• European ocean exploration

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• The Renaissance

Why did European countries find water routes to Asia?

• they wanted to be the first to sail around the world

• to avoid travelling overland through Muslim territory

• to find North America

What was the purpose of joint-stock companies?

• funding Christopher Columbus' travels

• funding wars in Africa

• funding colonies in the Americas

What was the main reason millions of Natives died during the Age of Exploration?

• religious persecution

• new disease brought by Europeans

• slavery

Which did NOT help the Spanish conquer the Aztecs?

• disease

• help from enemy natives

• larger militaries

• better weapons

Why were Africans enslaved and shipped across the Atlantic?

• cheap labor

• new foods

• to be leaders

How did the Renaissance help start the Age of Exploration?

• Christopher Columbus wanted to help Natives.

• increased fighting with Asia

• encouraged a spirit of adventure and curiosity