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Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?
They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.
They wanted to practice their navigating skills.
They wanted to spread their religion to Asia.
They wanted to spread their ideas about government with the Native Americans.
How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the New World?
They prayed for the Native Americans.
They became friends and traded goods with the Native Americans.
They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans.
They paid the Native Americans gold to work building colonies for them.
The Middle Passage was_______________?
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases from the New World to Europe.
The transport of African slaves to the Americas by boat across the Atlantic ocean.
Trading goods among three countries.
The transfer of cash crops to the Americas.
The Mother Country creates favorable balance of trade, and build up supplies of gold and silver bullion. Which term best describes this statement?
Communism
Feudalism
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Which of the following is the best example of a country having a favorable balance of trade?
England has to import most of its food supply from neighboring France.
The Dutch export as many domestic goods as they import foreign goods.
Portugal sells caravels to all of Europe and they import very little timber from England.
Spain has to borrow money from France to pay off their monthly bills.
What was the 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, that moved the Line of Demarcation further west into South America?
The Reformation
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
A practice in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.
Middle Passage
Atlantic Slave Trade
Triangular Trade
Columbian Exchange
Territories that are controlled by other countries and are often settled by people from the controlling countries.
Cortes
Caravel
Exploration
Colonies
A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa, Cape of Good Hope, to the Indian Ocean.
Vasco de Gama
Cortes
Columbus
Magellan
The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred between Europe and the Americas was known as ___.
the Columbian Exchange
the Middle Passage
Capitalism
Colonization
Which is not a factor that motivated exploration?
wealth
religion
invention
national pride
Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
Learning about art and culture.
Increase in knowledge of other places.
Increase in church power.
Rapid spread of ideas.
Which of the following most accurately characterizes the Renaissance?
The spread of democracy.
An outburst of creativity and exploration.
A growth of religious beliefs.
A decline in learning.
What was the name of the period when the Roman Catholic Church was questioned?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Reformation
All of the Above
Which statement best describes the result of the Crusades?
Europeans maintained a lasting control over much of the Middle East.
Islamic influence dominated Europe.
Europeans developed tolerance of Non-Christian religions.
Trade between Europe and the Middle East was expanded.
What was the result of the attack of the Spanish Armada?
England defeated Spain
Spain defeated England
Spain defeated the Netherlands
The Netherlands defeated Spain
