Review: Age of Exploration

According to many anthropologists, a land bridge during the Ice Age allowed migration between which two continents?

• a. South America and North America
• b. North America and Europe
• c. Asia and North America
• d. Europe and Asia

What condition accounted for the migration patterns of early people in the Americas?

• a. Adventurers were looking for gold and spices.
• b. Settlers were looking for religious freedom.
• c. Nomads were fleeing tribal conflicts.
• d. Hunters needed to follow herds of animals.

What is similar about the dwellings in the two photographs?

• a. Both of the structures are made of the same materials.
• b. They both served as homes for people.
• c. They both can both be easily moved.
• d. They are both found on the East Coast of the United States.

From the photographs of their dwellings one can infer that

• a. the Sioux were hunters, while the Hopi were farmers.
• b. both the Sioux and the Hopi moved frequently.
• c. agriculture was the main source of food for both cultures.
• d. they are both located near a major water source.

The items listed are most closely associated with which time period?

• A) Paleolithic Revolution
• B) Age of Exploration
• C) American Revolution
• D) The Crusades

Henry Hudson explored the river that bears his name in 1609 as he was trying to find

• a. a direct route to Africa from England.
• b. where the Spanish had settled in the New World.
• c. a Northwest Passage across the Western Hemisphere.
• d. Verrazano who had gotten there before him.

Hudson claimed the river and its surrounding territory for

• a. The Netherlands
• b. Spain
• c. France
• d. England

Vasco da Gama was an explorer from Portugal who connected Portugal to India through a trade route.

• True
• False

The caravel was the only new type of technology that helped the Portuguese to sail around Africa.

• True
• False

The consequences of exploration included the deaths of many Native Americans from disease and warfare.

• True
• False