Spices and the Age of Discovery Quiz

Which city was the center of the Roman world and the greatest city in the Mediterranean during the 5th century?

• Alexandria

• Rome

• Athens

• Constantinople

What was the name of the archipelago in Indonesia that was known to Europeans as the Spice Islands?

• Java

• Sumatra

• Bali

• Bandar Islands

Which Italian maritime republic dominated the spice trade and was particularly keen to find an alternative means for accessing the spice trade?

• Venice

• Amalfi

• Pisa

• Genoa

In which year did the great city of Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks?

• 1453

• 1488

• 1500

• 1492

Who successfully performed a Volta Domar in the South Atlantic and made it all the way to India in 1498?

• Pedro Álvares Cabral

• Afonso de Albuquerque

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

What was the name of the Portuguese explorer who discovered the sea route to the East Indies through the Malacca Strait?

• Pedro Álvares Cabral

• Afonso de Albuquerque

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

Which Portuguese naval commander obtained a string of strategic fortresses and outposts throughout the Indies, including Goa on the west coast of India?

• Pedro Álvares Cabral

• Vasco da Gama

• Afonso de Albuquerque

• Bartolomeu Dias

Which island did the Portuguese conquer, making them the first Europeans to gain a foothold in the subcontinent of India?

• Socotra

• Goa

• Hormuz

• Malacca