Unit 5 Age of Exploration Test

What did the Age of Exploration Lead to the rise of?

• Modern Capitalism

• Modern Communism

• Global Conflict

• None of the above

Which of the following were new inventions that assisted in exploration?

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Better sails and maps

• All Answers

True or False: The increase in wealth and currency developed due to gold and silver flowing into Europe

• True

• False

Match: Enable large and small investors to share profits and risks of a trading voyage

• Mercantilism

• Commercial Revolution

• Joint Stock Companies

• Entrepreneurs

Mercantilism is measured by...

• The amount of colonies owned

• The amount of bullion (gold and silver)

• The amount of explorers a country had

• The amount of land in a country

True or False: The Columbian Exchange is a global transfer of foods, plants, animals, and people during the colonization of the Americas

• True

• False

Which of the following are PROS to the expansion of trade?

• Spread/Interest of European culture, language, religion, art, etc.

• Decline of Native American Population and Africans sent as slaves

Which of the following are CONS to the expansion of trade?

• Spread/Interest of European culture, language, religion, art, etc.

• Decline of Native American population and Africans sent as slaves

Which European was the FIRST to sail around the tip of Africa?

• Vasco de Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Francis Drake

• Bartolomeu Dias

Who was the first European to sail to INDIA by going around Africa?

• Henry Hudson

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro