World History Vocabulary Quiz: Unit 5

1. ____________ was the capital of the Aztec Empire, located in present day Mexico.

• Mesoamerica

• Quipu

• Tenochtitlan

__________ was a navigation device used on ships during the Age of Exploration.

• Astrolabe

• Columbian Exchange

• Quipu

__________ refers to the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during European colonization of the Americas.

• Astrolabe

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade

__________ was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortez

• Vasco da Gama

__________ refers to an area extending from central Mexico to Honduras where several of the ancient complex societies of the Americas developed.

• Mesoamerica

• Middle Passage

• Tenochtitlan

__________ was a Portuguese explorer who successfully sailed around the southern tip of Africa to India.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortez

• Vasco da Gama

__________ refers to a trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

• Astrolabe

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

___________ was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortez

• Vasco da Gama

__________ was a voyage that brought captured Africans to the Americas to be sold as slaves.

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

__________ was an arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.

• Mesoamerica

• Quipu

• Tenochtitlan