Age of Exploration Quiz

Which of these events during the Age of Exploration was a cause of the other three?

• Europeans brought food, animals, and ideas from one continent to another

• European diseases had an adverse effect on the native populations of new territories

• Warfare increased as European nations competed for land and power

• Advances in learning and technology made long ocean voyages possible

The journeys of Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and Christopher Columbus became possible in the late 1400s because of the –

• Support of exploration by the English government.

• Development of new navigational instruments and technology.

• Effects of the Atlantic slave trade.

• Trade connections established by Ibn Battuta.

What was one important effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• Rapid decline in European population

• Economic instability in China and Japan

• Introduction of new foods to both Europe and the Americas

• Spread of Hinduism into India

One reason Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztecs was that -

• Aztec religious beliefs promoted nonviolence.

• Spain joined the Incas in their fight against the Aztecs.

• The Spanish cavalry outnumbered the Aztec warriors.

• Spanish soldiers possessed superior military technology.

A study of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca agricultural systems would show that these civilizations -

• adapted to their environments with creative techniques.

• relied on mechanized agricultural methods.

• carried on extensive trade in crops with each other.

• relied on a single-crop economy.

Use the image below and your knowledge of social studies to answer question 6. The Aztec calendar and the Maya use of zero both illustrate that pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas -

• traded extensively with Africa.

• made advances in mathematics and science.

• declined because of invasion and disease.

• converted to Islam.

Use the images below and your knowledge of social studies to answer this question. These structures indicate that ancient pre-Columbian civilizations:

• were based on European societies.

• were strongly influenced by Renaissance humanism.

• had the engineering skill to build complex structures.

• incorporated early Roman architectural design.

What was a direct result of the Atlantic slave trade on West Africa?

• Animism was no longer practiced in Africa.

• Many West African communities faced population losses.

• European industrial factories were established throughout Africa.

• Africans across the continent hired Europeans to train their military.

One reason Spain sponsored the first voyage of Columbus to the west was to:

• find a more direct trade route to Asia.

• obtain military technology.

• make contact with the Empire of Benin.

• trade in established ports in the Americas.

The Columbian Exchange is most closely associated with the beginnings of:

• mercantilism.

• mass production.

• humanism.

• scientific socialism.