Age of Exploration Crash Course in European History

This explorer who was searching for a faster path to Asia and landed in the islands in the America’s.  He is credited for finding the new world:

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Colombus

• Amerigo Vespucci

A horrible disease that was spread by Europeans and killed millions of Native Americans:

• Scurvy

• Small Pox

• Covid 19

• Astrolabe

The original place that explorers were trying to get to for spices, silk and other goods:

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

The path explorers were trying to find through North America to get to Asia (That didn’t exist) was called:

• The Atlantic Passage

• The Northwest Passage

• Triangular Trade

• The Middle Passage

The transporting of raw materials, goods and enslaved Africans between Europe, the America’s and Africa was called:

• The Triangular Trade

• The Northwest Passage

• The Renaissance Period

• Asian Trade Exchange

Which answers below are reasons why explorers’ such as the Spanish explored the new world? CHOOSE 3 ANSWERS BELOW:

• To find new lands which would lead to more resources, which would lead to more money

• To spread the Christian religion around the world

• To become famous which would lead to people remembering the explorers forever

• To prevent the natives of the Americas from taking over lands in the east

Which of the following events happened in 1492?

• Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River

• Christopher Columbus discovers the New World

• Discovery of the Mississippi River

• The Nortwest Passage was discovered

What items were introduced to the Americas from the The Old World?

• tomatoes, trees, deer

• pyramids, floating gardens, rice

• horses, cattle, diseases

• Pizza, Tacos, Taki's

What were the name of the Spanish soldiers that colonized South America and took over lands of the Mayas, Aztec and Incas? 

• Tainos

• Redcoats

• Conquistadors

• The Rough Riders

Which answer below explains the impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World:

• It made the old world rich from all the gold explorers brought back

• It resulted in the Renaissance Period in countries such as Spain and Portugal

• It increased the population of countries in the old world because of the increased food supply

• It decreased the population in the old world due the diseases that were brought back