PRACTICE Unit 2 Quiz: Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa
• America
• Asia
• Europe

If an explorer knew what direction was north, he could

• create a map of unexplored land
• find the other cardinal directions
• know how fast his ship was moving
• know how far away from land he was

Why did colonizers plant flags?

• to teach Christianity
• to help American Indians
• to find their way back again
• to claim land for their country

why was gold important to colonizers?

• Europeans used gold in their food.
• Europeans made weapons out of gold.
• Europeans measured wealth in gold and silver.
• Europeans could use gold to repair their tools.

What was an astrolabe?

• A tool that measured the temperature.
• A tool that found which direction was north.
• A tool that found the position of the sun and other stars.
• A tool that measured the strength of the wind.

Which of these food came from the Americas?

• wheat and rice
• apples and pears
• lettuce and cabbage
• potatoes and squash

Why did many American Indians die from contagious diseases?

• They were enslaved and forced to work in the mines.
• The got tired of giving European colonists new food.
• They did not have the technology of gunpowder and swords.
• They were exposed to diseases that spread quickly and that they had no immunity to.