Unit 4: Exploration and Colonialism Remediation

1. During the Age of Exploration, Europeans wanted all of the following goods from Asia except ________________.

• Corn
• Silk
• Tea
• Spices

2. Why did Europeans stop using the Silk Road and begin searching for different trade routes to Asia?

• Europeans stopped trading with Asia altogether and needed to find other lands to trade with.
• The Silk Road became unsafe and Muslim merchants increased the price of goods.
• The Mongols blocked Europeans from using the Silk Road when they built the Great Wall of China.
• Several earthquakes damaged the Silk Road and made it impossible for anybody to use.

3. What was the major accomplishment of Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage that began in 1519?

• It was the first European voyage to reach the southern tip of Africa.
• It was the first voyage to sail through the Northwest Passage.
• It was the first voyage to “discover” the Americas.
• It was the first voyage to go completely around the world.

4. John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, and Henry Hudson all tried to find the _____________, but they could not navigate around North America.

• Middle Passage
• Silk Road
• Northwest Passage
• St. Lawrence River

5. Which explorer was the first to find an all-water trade route to Asia?

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Bartholomew Dias
• Pedro Cabral

6. Which explorer was the first to discover Brazil?

• Pedro Cabral
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson
• Bartholomew Dias

7. What enabled sailors to determine their latitude by using the position of the sun and the stars?

• Compass
• Caravel
• Rudder
• Astrolabe

8. The type of ship that most explorers used during the Age of Exploration was the ____________.

• Cog Ship
• Caravel
• Knarr
• Sunfish

9. What made it possible for explorers’ ships to sail against the wind?

• Astrolabe
• Gunpowder
• Compass
• Triangular Sail

10. Europeans decided to establish colonies in foreign lands for all of the reasons below except _________?

• To spread the country's religion
• To gain wealth
• To learn warfare techniques
• To gain power