Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange

What was the Age of Exploration driven by?

• New ideas about knowledge-making

• Religious beliefs

• Political power

• Technological advancements

Which European explorer became the first to sail to India?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Hernández

• Zheng He

What did the Columbian Exchange refer to?

• Exchange of diseases

• Exchange of plants and animals

• Exchange of people and ideas

• All of the above

The Dutch, English, and French followed the Spanish and Portuguese' state support for ___________.

• Poetry

• Science

• Libraries

• Observatories

European explorers were interested in what kinds of uses for plants found in exploration? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• For military uses

• For medicinal uses

• For educational uses

• For agricultural uses

Which of the following are plant products that originate in the Americas?

• Vanilla

• Wheat

• Avocados

• Mangos

• Potatoes

What disease played a major role in changing the populations of the Americas?

• Plague

• Malaria

• Tuberculosis

• Smallpox

What philosophy did colonization and slavery embody?

• Instrumentalism

• Rationalism

• Averroism

• Empiricism