Age of Exploration Test Review

The causes of Europeans to explore were; the desire to spread Christianity, the drive to explore, to compete with other European countries, and _______

• government oppression at home

• desire for direct access to the valuable Asian spice trade

• desire to improve their standard of living

• search for a better climate

Which explorer led Portugal to invest in the exploration of the African coastline?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

This explorer is known as the first European to circumnavigate Africa and sail to the Indian Ocean.

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

Spain's powerful military was able to discover most of Mexico and South America which led to other countries becoming envious.

• True

• False

Which crops were not found in the Old World and cultivated by slaves in the New World?

• Rice

• Sugar

• Indigo

• Cotton

Conquistador

• Spanish Conquerors

• Economic policy. Colony only allowed to trade with its parent Country.

• An area under political control of another country.

• The art of making maps.

Mercantilism

• Spanish Conquerors

• Economic policy. Colony only allowed to trade with its parent Country.

• An area under political control of another country.

• The art of making maps.

Colony

• Spanish Conquerors

• Economic policy. Colony only allowed to trade with its parent Country.

• An area under political control of another country.

• The art of making maps.

Circumnavigation

• Sailing or otherwise traveling all the way around something.

• Economic policy. Colony only allowed to trade with its parent Country.

• An area under political control of another country.

• The art of making maps.

Cartography

• Sailing or otherwise traveling all the way around something.

• Economic policy. Colony only allowed to trade with its parent Country.

• An area under political control of another country.

• The art of making maps.