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WorksheetsEOC part 7: Age of Exploration
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
a ship invented by the Portuguese that made it possible to travel long distances
caravel
encomienda
Columbian Exchange
conquistadors
leaders in the Spanish conquest of the Americas
caravel
encomienda
Columbian Exchange
conquistadors
forced labor system used by the Spanish in colonial Latin America
caravel
encomienda
Columbian Exchange
conquistadors
exchange of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas
caravel
encomienda
Columbian Exchange
conquistadors
settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control
mercantilism
colony
Middle Passage
Prince Henry the Navigator
seventeenth-century economic theory that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
mercantilism
colony
Middle Passage
Prince Henry the Navigator
seventeenth-century economic theory that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
mercantilism
colony
Middle Passage
Prince Henry the Navigator
forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
mercantilism
colony
Middle Passage
Prince Henry the Navigator
sponsored the rst Portuguese eets to explore the west coast of Africa
mercantilism
colony
Middle Passage
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco da Gama’s discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be
very profitable, since da Gama returned with a valuable cargo of spices.
far too costly to be sailed on a regular basis.
useless because of the difficulties and expenses of making the trip
too long to be repeated because the route by sea took longer than it would have taken by land
The conquistadors’ main advantage over the Aztec and Inca Empires was their
knowledge of the territory
vast army size
types of weaponry
superior intelligence
According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on
importing more goods rather than exporting
a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver
conquering new territories and settling them
finding and maintaining a supply of cheap labor
The Dutch competed successfully for trade in Asia because of the
geographic location of the Dutch Republic, making it easier for the Dutch to get to Asia
than for the Portuguese to do so
use of enslaved people by the Dutch traders
development of a new ship along with the growth of mercantilism in the Dutch Republic
Dutch Republic’s use of Portugal’s caravels for swift travel and large cargoes
Why were enslaved Africans needed in the Caribbean islands?
Importing and paying Europeans for labor kept the existing balance of trade.
Spain respected Native Americans and did not want to enslave them
The Native American population was small due to diseases brought from Europe
Growing sugarcane was familiar to Africans
How did the Portuguese and Spanish make money from their Latin American colonies?
farming and mining
buying and selling land
selling enslaved people
governing the colonies
Why did the Catholic Church have so much in uence in Latin America?
The Catholic Church gave Native Americans food and clothing.
Spanish and Portuguese rulers wanted Native Americans to become Catholic
The missions were well organized and profitable
Native Americans became docile members of the Spanish and Portuguese empires
the art and science of map making
Magellan
cartography
Prince Henry the Navigator
conquistadors
remembered as the rst to circumnavigate the globe
Magellan
cartography
Prince Henry the Navigator
conquistadors
Europeans began to explore in the 1500s because they wanted to
find riches and adventure
discover a new world.
spread Christianity to a new world.
gain riches, find adventure, and spread religion.
Why did Portuguese and Spanish explorers sail in di erent directions to nd a route to Asia?
They knew Earth was round, so they would eventually reach the other side.
Portugal and Spain were rivals, so they were trying to avoid each other on the high seas.
Asia was so large that it wrapped around the globe and could be reached from either
direction
Neither country had maps or compasses, so they did not know in which direction they were sailing
One effect of the slave trade on African societies was
flourishing of art and culture.
transfer of European political ideas.
decreased warfare.
decreased population in some areas.
