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WorksheetsALMS SS7 Age of Exploration Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
To sail around the entire world is called:
triangular trade
circumnavigate
cartographer
columbian exchange
Spanish sailing ships used for trade/warfare are called:
conquistadors
middle passage
galleons
mercantilism
Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native is called:
conquistador
cartographer
mercantilism
indigenous
A three way system of trade-Africa sent slaves to America, America sent raw materials to Europe, Europe sent guns & rum to Africa is called:
mercantilism
middle passage
triangular trade
columbian exchange
A resistance to a particular disease is called:
pandemic
epidemic
immunity
indigenous
A term used to describe the islands in the Caribbean that provided resources to Europe is:
the Indies
the West Indies
Great Silk Road
Northwest Passage
A part of the Triangular Trade voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic is called:
middle passage
columbian exchange
the Indies
the West Indies
An outbreak of an infectious disease across a wide geographic area and a very high proportion of the population (world) is called:
immunity
epidemic
pandemic
smallpox
The science of planning and following a route, using tools such as the sextant & astrolabe is called:
circumnavigation
columbian exchange
mercantilism
navigation
A widespread transfer of ideas, plants, animals, people, technology, and diseases between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World is called:
cartography
triangular trade
mercantilism
columbian exchange
An outbreak of an infectious disease across several communities is called:
epidemic
pandemic
immunity
indigenous
Spanish conquerors, especially those of the Aztecs and Incas in South America
cartographer
conquistadors
columbian exchange
indigenous
The three reasons for the Age of Exploration are:
mercantilism
triangular trade
columbian exchange
"god, gold, glory"
A highly contagious viral disease of fever, weakness, and pustule skin eruptions; responsible for killing Native Americans called:
epidemic
smallpox
pandemic
immunity
A term Renaissance-era Europeans used for eastern Asia that supplied goods to Europe is:
Treaty of Tordesillas
Great Silk Road
the Indies
the West Indies
A land route used for trade between Europe and eastern Asia– from China west through the hazardous desert and mountain terrains is called:
Great Silk Road
the Northwest Passage
the middle passage
triangular trade
A desired sea route connecting the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans without going around Africa
the Middle Passage
Columbian Exchange
Great Silk Road
the Northwest Passage
A person skilled in drawing/making maps
indigenous
conquistador
cartographer
galleon
The country of Ferdinand & Isabella, who wanted to spread Christianity & sought gold, is called:
Spain
Portugal
England
France
The country that developed sailing schools/tech, searched for Asian route sailing S around Africa is:
Spain
Portugal
England
France
The economic system of trade that valued a mother country’s wealth, a favorable balance of trade (exports > imports), and colonies’ raw resources is:
columbian exchange
mercantilism
Treaty of Tordesillas
circumnavigate
The country that developed Native American trade with West Indies & Canada for sugar and furs is:
Spain
Portugal
England
France
The country of Elizabeth I, who wanted to colonize the New World & export its raw resources, is:
Spain
Portugal
England
France
The 1494 agreement to divide the Americas between Spain & Portugal’s Christian kings is called:
Columbian Exchange
Triangular Trade
Treaty of Tordesillas
Mercantilism
