Impact of European Exploration and Conquest

What event in Europe helped start the Age of Exploration?

• The invention of the printing press

• The fall of the Roman Empire

• The Crusades

• Advances in farming

What was the system called where nobility controlled land and peasants worked it for crops and protection?

• Democracy

• Feudalism

• Monarchy

• Communism

How did the Crusades affect Europe?

• They stopped all trade with the Middle East

• They led to less shipbuilding and trade

• They increased shipbuilding, trade, and knowledge of Middle Eastern goods

• They caused Europeans to lose interest in exploration

What important invention during the Renaissance helped spread knowledge about shipping and trade?

• The compass

• The astrolabe

• The printing press

• The caravel

Which of these technologies helped sailors travel in the open ocean, away from the sight of land?

• Carrack ships

• Printing press

• Astrolabe, compass, and quadrant

• Silk Road maps

What economic theory encouraged European countries to get natural resources from colonies and sell more goods than they bought?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Mercantilism

• Feudalism

What luxury goods from Asia were highly desired by Europeans, leading them to seek new trade routes?

• Gold and silver

• Lumber and furs

• Spices and silk

• Foodstuffs and manufactured goods

What are the "Three G's" that describe the main reasons for early European explorers to travel to new lands?

• Geography, Government, Gold

• Glory, Gold, God

• Goods, Growth, Greatness

• Gains, Grandeur, Generosity

Which country took the lead in early exploration, supported by Prince Henry the Navigator?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

In what year did Christopher Columbus begin his famous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean?

• 1000

• 1488

• 1492

• 1500