Exploration Test Review

What two countries dominated trade during the Age of Exploration?

• Portugal and England

• France and England

• Spain and Portugal

What was a negative effect of the Columbian exchange?

• People tasted no new foods.

• Farmers in the Americas ran out of crops to grow.

• Diseases such as measles and smallpox were spread.

• Europe suffered from a shortage of horses for battle.

What was one effect of Triangle Trade on the Americas?

• improvement in industrial practices

• introduction of the African slave trade

• creation of a confederacy of native peoples

• extinction of native livestock

Select all that are food items from The New World

• Corn

• Chocolate

• Potatoes

• Rice

• Sugar Cane

What was the European goal during the Age of Exploration?

• to extend trade along the Silk Road

• to spread the Islamic religion

• to increase the expansion of the slave trade

• to create trade routes to acquire wealth and power

Which was an immediate result of the Age of Exploration?

• Hinduism spread across Africa and the World

• European influence spread to the Western Hemisphere (the New World)

• Civil Wars developed in Africa

• Dictatorships were established in Europe

Which of the following best explains why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?

• to annihilate Native Americans

• to have a place to send criminals

• to be the first to take claim of unexplored land and resources

• to increase the Native American population

Early explorations of the New World have often been described as the "the meeting of three civilizations" To what does this description refer?

• The Spanish, Portuguese, and French explorers all meet in the New World. 

• Three major European nations agreed to jointly explore the New World

• The European, Native-American, and African cultures came together in the New World.

• Three Central-American cultures-Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans- joined together to defend their lands.

What was NOT one the main motivations of European Exploration? Think 3 G's!

• to spread religion

• to achieve fame and recognition

• to achieve wealth and riches

• to increase Malaysian slavery in Europe

Which factor contributed MOST to the development of the slave trade?

• factory labor in European industrial centers

• textile work in North American urban areas

• sugar plantations in the Caribbean territories

• shipping ports in Mediterranean coastal cities