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Age of Exploration Study Guide

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Created a school for navigation. Technology helped the school succeed.

a)

Prince Henry

b)

Da Gama

c)

Queen Isabella

d)

Christopher Columbus

2.

Trip paid for by Queen ISABELLA of Spain. They wanted to spread Christianity and expand TRADE.

a)

Hernando Cortes

b)

The pope

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizarro

3.

Drew a line of DEMARCATION, an imaginary line down the middle of the ATLANTIC OCEAN. SPAIN controlled all lands west and PORTUGAL controlled all lands east.

a)

The pope

b)

Pope Alexander VI

c)

Zheng He

d)

Magellan

4.

1st Man to CIRCUMNAVIGATE the globe?

a)

King Henry

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Hernando Cortes

d)

Magellan

5.

He was a CONQUISTADOR who explored MEXICO and conquered the AZTECS

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Zheng He

d)

The pope

6.

Spanish conquerors who took over parts of CENTRAL America & SOUTH America

a)

Conquistadors

b)

Conquerors

c)

Crusades

d)

Imperialism

7.

Conquered the INCAS... On what continent?

a)

Francisco Pizarro, South America

b)

Hernando Cortes, South America

c)

Francisco Pizarro, North America

d)

Hernando Cortes, North America

8.

created the "Treasure Fleet" to trade and gain enormous wealth.

a)

Prince Henry

b)

Queen Isabella

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Zheng He

9.

Name the four nations that sent explorers to the Americas to set up colonies

a)

Great Britain/England

b)

China

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

e)

France

10.

Name 2 reasons why colonists moved to the New World

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

To torture slaves for fun

c)

To take over the new world

d)

Money

11.

What products did countries want?

a)

Gold

b)

Silver

c)

Furs

d)

Slaves

e)

Cash Crops

12.

What were the motives for European Exploration

a)

Crusades

b)

Renaissance

c)

Reformation

d)

Tech advances

e)

Competition/The 3 Gs

13.

Widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World.

a)

The silk road

b)

Conquistadors

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Triangular Trade

14.

3 area trade (New world, Europe & Africa). Part of it was the transatlantic slave trade, that operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, Caribbean or American colonies and the European colonial powers.

a)

Reformation

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Crusades

d)

Triangular Trade

15.

What is the cycle of conquest? (Enter answer with caps at the front with dashes) (Ex. Burger-Cheese-Bun)

(a)  

16.

Existed in Africa and around the world, but usually due to war or a payment of debt. About 10 million Africans shipped to the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries. These came through what route?

a)

Slaves, The middle passage

b)

Products, The middle passage

c)

Slaves, The columbian Exchange

d)

Products, the columbian Exchange

17.

Is this correct?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A labor system, rewarding conquerors with the ability to enslave & require tribute ($) from the natives

a)

Encomienda

b)

Reformation

c)

Slavery

d)

Renassiance

19.

Here are the impacts of european expansion. (All of these are right just information)

a)

Native populations ravaged by disease

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Price revolution that caused inflation in Europe

d)

Deepened colonial rivalries

20.

(The rest of the questions are open ended answer with correct spelling and a capital letter) Countries looking to increase wealth by maximizing exports through trade

(a)  

21.

Framework or foundation of a system (examples are roads, schools, hospitals, etc.)

(a)  

22.

Large countries using their power to dominate and create empires by taking over smaller nations.

(a)  

23.

Water route through North America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

(a)  

24.

Economic system based on the investment of money for profit.

(a)