Maritime Empires Review [L3]

What two inventions helped European sailors navigate on long ocean voyages?

• Cannons and muskets helped them fight.

• The magnetic compass and the astrolabe helped them find their way.

• Clocks and calendars helped them keep track of time.

• Plows and shovels helped them farm new land.

How did Christopher Columbus's voyage help Spain and other European countries begin to gain power overseas?

• He brought back new foods that made everyone in Europe healthy.

• He discovered a new way to build faster ships.

• His voyage opened the Americas to European conquest and trade.

• He defeated the Ottoman Empire and took their riches.

How did the ability to travel across oceans help European countries gain power?

• It helped their kings and queens go on long vacations.

• It allowed them to reach and conquer faraway lands.

• It helped them build better farms and cities at home.

• It allowed them to predict the weather more easily.

What is a colony, and who did the parent country send to lead it?

• A colony is a type of ship, and it was led by a captain.

• A colony is a place ruled by a faraway country, and it was led by governors.

• A colony is a group of soldiers, and it was led by the king.

• A colony is a new invention, and it was led by a scientist.

Who were the conquistadors?

• They were priests who were sent to start new churches.

• They were farmers who went to the Americas to grow new crops.

• They were Spanish soldiers who conquered empires in the Americas.

• They were sailors who were experts at making maps.

Besides weapons, what was the most deadly thing Europeans brought to the Americas?

• They brought dangerous animals like lions and tigers.

• They brought invisible diseases like smallpox.

• They brought new types of money that ruined the economy.

• They brought foods that the native people were allergic to.

What was 'The Great Dying'?

• It was a time when all the crops failed in Europe.

• It was a giant shipwreck where many sailors were lost.

• It was when millions of Native Americans died from European diseases.

• It was a big war between Spain and Portugal over land.

What was the main goal of the economic system called mercantilism?

• The main goal was to make the parent country rich with gold and silver.

• The goal was to give money and power to the colonies.

• The goal was to stop all trade between countries.

• The goal was to make every country in the world equal.

Under mercantilism, what was the main job of the colonies?

• The main job was to create their own new governments.

• The main job was to provide raw materials for the parent country.

• The main job was to build bigger and better ships.

• The main job was to trade directly with Asia.

What system of forced labor was the engine for the colonial economy?

• The system where workers were paid very high wages.

• The system of slavery, which forced Africans to work on plantations.

• The system where all citizens had to work for the king one day a week.

• The system where soldiers were forced to farm the land.