Unit 4: Age of Exploration

What purpose did the new ship designs, such as the caravel, fluyt, junk and carrack, serve?

• To improve agricultural productivity

• To enhance military capabilities

• To facilitate oceanic exploration

• To increase passenger capacity

Which Portuguese explorer led a series of trips along the coast to West Africa?

• Ibn Battuta

• Zheng He

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

What was the long-term impact of maritime technology?

• Decreased global trade

• New exploration and territorial expansion

• Reduced cultural exchange

• Limited technological advancements

Which explorer is known for the first voyages to the Caribbean Islands of the Americas?

• Vasco da Gama

• Zheng He

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• A trade route between Europe and Asia

• A system of labor in the Americas

• The exchange of goods, people, ideas, and diseases between the Old World and the New World

• A treaty between European nations

What led to the rise in demand for cash crops like sugar?

• Introduction of new farming techniques

• Increase in European population

• Introduction of new diseases

• Discovery of gold and silver mines

What was the role of African slaves in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

• They were used as navigators on ships

• They were traded for manufactured goods

• They were used to establish new colonies

• They were employed as soldiers

What was the Hacienda System?

• A system of trade between Europe and Asia

• An agricultural version of the Encomienda System

• A navigation route discovered by Columbus

• A religious movement in the Americas

What was the main purpose of the Spanish and Portuguese incorporating their own variation of the Inca Mita system?

• To establish new trade routes

• To increase agricultural production

• To meet labor demands for cash crops

• To spread Christianity

What was the impact of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on African culture?

• Loss of cultural identity

• Improved cultural identity

• Adoption of European culture

• No impact