Age of Exploration Practice Test

Which was the main trading item from Africa to the Americas in the Triangular Trade?

• Manufactured Goods

• Raw Materials

• Enslaved People

• Corn and Rice

Which country did Christopher Columbus Sail for?

• England

• Spain

• France

• Netherlands

Where were most explorers from?

• Eastern Europe

• Central America

• Eastern Asia

• Western Europe

What was the major reason for exploration of the Americas?

• Reduce Population of Europe

• To study the world and it's land

• Establish new countries

• Find wealth and new trade routes for profit

What does "God" mean in "God, Gold, & Glory" as reasoning for exploration?

• To establish new forms of Christianity

• Create new religions in the New World

• Spread Christianity to new places

• create warfare amongst religions

What were many Africans used for during the 1700s

• Communicate with Natives

• Slave labor

• Govern new colonies

• Teach farmers how to grow new crops

What was one negative impact of exploration?

• Many natives died of diseases

• New raw materials were discovered

• New technologies allowed for better travel & trade

• discovery of new territories

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

Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to suggest sailing which direction to reach Asia?

• north

• south

• east

• west

While he was killed in the Philippines, who's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Vasco Nunez

  de Balboa

• Ferdinand

  Magellan

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• John

  Cabot