Exploration and Colonization

Which of the following routes on the map below was taken by Christopher Columbus?

• Route A

• Route B

• Route C

• Route D

Which of the following routes on the map below was taken by Vasco Da Gama?

• Route A

• Route B

• Route C

• Route D

Which definition best describes a colony?

• a group of people living together in a new territory that have ties to their homeland

• a single person living in a civilized territory

• an indigenous group of people living together in a modern territory without ties to their home

• a group of people living in multiple places

Which option best describes a large estate or farm that used enslaved people to grow and harvest crops?

• Colony

• Astrolabe

• Plantation

• Caravel

Which of the following best describes the Middle Passage?

• A trading route between Europe and Asia during the Middle Ages.

• A journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

• A series of conflicts between European nations over control of trade routes in the Indian Ocean.

• A religious pilgrimage taken by Christians to the Holy Land during the medieval period.

What would happen to the price of a good each time it exchanged hands as it traveled from Asia to the Middle East to Europe?

• The price would increase.

• The price would decrease.

• The price would stay the same.

• There was no way to predict what the price would do.

The fall of which city to the Ottoman Empire stopped the flow of Asian goods into Europe and helped bring about the beginning of the Age of Exploration?

• Mumbai

• Athens

• Constantinople

• Rome

According to the passage, how did the astrolabe help explorers?

• It helped determine which direction a ship was sailing

• It helped determine a ship's location by measuring latitude

• It helped determine the speed at which a ship was sailing

• It helped determine the time and date

Based on the information in the graph, which statement best captures the effect that the Spanish presence in the Americas had on the population of the Indigenous people living there at the time?

• The population of indigenous people in the Americas sharply declined in areas under Spanish control.

• The population of indigenous people in the Americas grew in areas under Spanish control.

• The population of indigenous people in the Americas stayed the same in areas under Spanish control.

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade", the greatest number of enslaved African peoples were taken to...

• British North America

• British West Indies

• Brazil

• French West Indies