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Age of Exploration

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who circumnavigated the globe?

a)

Pizzaro

b)

Cortes

c)

Columbus

d)

Magellan

2.

The spreading of cultures from one area to another

a)

Free Market Economy

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

African Diaspora

d)

Mercantilism

3.

Discovered the Incan empire in Peru and conquered the area

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Vasco Nunez de Balbloa

4.

African communities that are scattered across the world as a result of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

a)

African Diaspora

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Command Economy

d)

Mercantilism

5.

What was the main motivation of Europeans during the Age of Exploration?

a)

To obtain free labor

b)

Wealth

c)

A desire for Adventure

d)

The Renaissance Spirit

6.

Found Newfoundland and is famous for the development of the transatlantic trade between England and the Americas

a)

John Cabot

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Francisco Pizarro

7.

A Command/Planned Economy...

a)

The forces of supply and demand run the economy

b)

a mix between supply and demand and government decisions run the economy

c)

the government makes decisions about the economy

d)

Mrs McCraw runs the economy

8.

This explorer landed in Mexico, found the Aztec people, and conquered them

a)

John Cabot

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernan Cortes

9.

This explorer landed in the Bahamas, but had thought he was in the West Indies (thus calling the natives Indians)

a)

John Cabot

b)

Hernan Cortest

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Francisco Pizarro

10.

Trade that creates wealth. You want to export more than you import

a)

Free Market Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Supply and Demand

d)

Mercantilism

11.

The forces of Supply and demand run the economy

a)

Free Market Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Planned Economy

12.

If Supply is low and demand is high the prices will be...

a)

won't change

b)

about the same

c)

low

d)

High

13.

If Supply is high and demand is low, these products will be....

a)

In the Clearance section

b)

High prices and difficult to obtain

c)

The same...nothing will change

d)

On the black market

14.

Economy has to deal with...

a)

The government

b)

MONEY MONEY MONEY

c)

Sleeping

d)

Age of Exploration

15.

How did the Transatlantic Slave Trade affect Africa?

a)

12.5 million people disappeared from the continent

b)

Impacted the demographic of Africa-mostly men were taken

c)

Lost most of their able-bodied workers

d)

All of the above

16.

What did the leaf say to Autumn?

a)

Mrs. McCraw your jokes aren't funny

b)

Leaf me alone