Age of Exploration: Results

What is one advantage of using waterways for trade?

• It is more expensive

• It takes longer

• It is faster

• It is less reliable

What do longitude and latitude help with?

• Predicting weather

• Finding geographic locations

• Building ships

• Growing crops

What was a key result of finding the Americas?

• It closed trade routes

• It opened a new "world"

• It made Europe smaller

• It isolated Asia

What technological advancement made it easier to find geographic locations?

• Caravels

• Cartography

• Longitude and latitude

• Star charts

What was one of the impacts of Portugal's exploration?

• They discovered the Americas.

• They took control over routes to Asia.

• They started English imperialism.

• They found a westward route to Asia.

Which country created colonies in Brazil and forced natives to convert and work?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

What was one of the impacts of the war between England and Spain?

• Spain discovered the Americas.

• England started English imperialism.

• Portugal took control over routes to Asia.

• Spain proved you can sail around the world.

What was one impact of exploration on knowledge and cartography?

• Less accurate maps

• More accurate maps

• Fewer geographic features known

• Less knowledge about locations