Age of Exploeration Unit Review

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

This invention used the sun, moon, planets, and stars to help explorers navigate on the open ocean.

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant
• Telescope

This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find their cardinal directions.

• Compass
• Compass Rose
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?

• Asia
• Africa
• The north pole
• California

What crop helped to increase the population of Europeans because it allowed them to become healthier and better fed. 

• squash
• potatoes
• corn
• peanuts

What is considered the "New World?"

• Europe
• Asia
• The Americas
• Africa

This man's vessel was the first to circumnavigate the world.

• Francis Drake
• Vasco da Gama
• Magellan
• Pedro Cabral

What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America?

• the Voyage of Sorrow.
• the Bering Crossing.
• the African-America run.
• the Middle Passage.

Which was the transfer of goods/disease/animals between New and Old World?

• Middle Passage
• Triangular Trade
• Columbian Exchage
• Mercantilism

This man conquered the Aztec Empire.

• Columbus
• Cortes
• Cabral
• Cabot