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ALMS SS7 Age of Exploration Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To sail around the entire world is called:

a)

triangular trade

b)

circumnavigate

c)

cartographer

d)

columbian exchange

2.

Spanish sailing ships used for trade/warfare are called:

a)

conquistadors

b)

middle passage

c)

galleons

d)

mercantilism

3.

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native is called:

a)

conquistador

b)

cartographer

c)

mercantilism

d)

indigenous

4.

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:

a)

mercantilism

b)

middle passage

c)

triangular trade

d)

columbian exchange

5.

A resistance to a particular disease is called:

a)

pandemic

b)

epidemic

c)

immunity

d)

indigenous

6.

A term used to describe the islands in the Caribbean that provided resources to Europe is:

a)

the Indies

b)

the West Indies

c)

Great Silk Road

d)

Northwest Passage

7.

A part of the Triangular Trade voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic is called:

a)

middle passage

b)

columbian exchange

c)

the Indies

d)

the West Indies

8.

An outbreak of an infectious disease across a wide geographic area and a very high proportion of the population (world) is called:

a)

immunity

b)

epidemic

c)

pandemic

d)

smallpox

9.

The science of planning and following a route, using tools such as the sextant & astrolabe is called:

a)

circumnavigation

b)

columbian exchange

c)

mercantilism

d)

navigation

10.

A widespread transfer of ideas, plants, animals, people, technology, and diseases between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World is called:

a)

cartography

b)

triangular trade

c)

mercantilism

d)

columbian exchange

11.

An outbreak of an infectious disease across several communities is called:

a)

epidemic

b)

pandemic

c)

immunity

d)

indigenous

12.

Spanish conquerors, especially those of the Aztecs and Incas in South America

a)

cartographer

b)

conquistadors

c)

columbian exchange

d)

indigenous

13.

The three reasons for the Age of Exploration are:

a)

mercantilism

b)

triangular trade

c)

columbian exchange

d)

"god, gold, glory"

14.

A highly contagious viral disease of fever, weakness, and pustule skin eruptions; responsible for killing Native Americans called:

a)

epidemic

b)

smallpox

c)

pandemic

d)

immunity

15.

A term Renaissance-era Europeans used for eastern Asia that supplied goods to Europe is:

a)

Treaty of Tordesillas

b)

Great Silk Road

c)

the Indies

d)

the West Indies

16.

A land route used for trade between Europe and eastern Asia– from China west through the hazardous desert and mountain terrains is called:

a)

Great Silk Road

b)

the Northwest Passage

c)

the middle passage

d)

triangular trade

17.

A desired sea route connecting the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans without going around Africa

a)

the Middle Passage

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Great Silk Road

d)

the Northwest Passage

18.

A person skilled in drawing/making maps

a)

indigenous

b)

conquistador

c)

cartographer

d)

galleon

19.

The country of Ferdinand & Isabella, who wanted to spread Christianity & sought gold, is called:

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

20.

The country that developed sailing schools/tech, searched for Asian route sailing S around Africa is:

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

21.

The economic system of trade that valued a mother country’s wealth, a favorable balance of trade (exports > imports), and colonies’ raw resources is:

a)

columbian exchange

b)

mercantilism

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

circumnavigate

22.

The country that developed Native American trade with West Indies & Canada for sugar and furs is:

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

23.

The country of Elizabeth I, who wanted to colonize the New World & export its raw resources, is:

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

24.

The 1494 agreement to divide the Americas between Spain & Portugal’s Christian kings is called:

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Treaty of Tordesillas

d)

Mercantilism