American Empires and Impacts of Colonization/Exploration

I thought I had reached India in 1492 and claimed the islands I discovered for Spain

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

• men and ships for exploring
• money for items
• products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases
• buying goods from Africa

Which European country was the most powerful and most wealthy when the Columbian Exchange started?
 (1400s -1600s)

• France
• England
• Spain
• the Netherlands

Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water

• navigation ship
• caravel
• astrolabe
• compass

What early explorers were most interested in finding?

• Water routes to the New World
• Water routes to Africa's west coast
• Water routes to Asia
• Water routes to the Middle East

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found Utopian communities

The most horrifying aspect of the global economic system of the Early Modern Period was

• capitalism.

• silver mining.

• the transatlantic slave trade.

• wealth inequality.

Trade routes between Africa, the Americas, and Europe, in which ships carried cash crops, manufactured goods, and enslaved people were known as

• Middle Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade

What was the primary reason that European explorers wanted to explore new lands?

• They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.

• They wanted to practice their navigating skills.

• They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.

• They wanted to spread their ideas about government to the Native Americans.

What was Hernan Cortes' impact on the New World?

• He was responsible for conquering the Incas.

• He was able to colonize the Louisiana Territory.

• He conquered the Aztec Empire.

• He continued to look for the Northwest Passage.