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Transatlantic Slave Trade and Exploration

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
a)
Amerigo Vespucci
b)
John Cabot
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Alfonso de Albuquerque
2.
Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship?
a)
Luxurious 
b)
Accommodating
c)
Spacious 
d)
Dark and Claustrophobic 
3.
Slaves were brought to North America through the ____________  _______.
a)
Slave Ship
b)
Northwest Passage
c)
Triangular Trade
4.
This man conquered the Aztec Empire.
a)
Columbus
b)
Cortes
c)
Cabral
d)
Cabot
5.
The trip for slaves from Africa to the New World was called the ____________.
a)
Long Ride
b)
Triangle Trade
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Middle Passage
6.
Which was the transfer of goods/disease/animals between New and Old World?
a)
Middle Passage
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Columbian Exchage
d)
Mercantilism
7.
Economic practice where governments control trade and claim its profits.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Joint Stock Companies
c)
Mercanitlism
d)
Communism
8.
This man's vessel was the first to circumnavigate the world.
a)
Francis Drake
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Magellan
d)
Pedro Cabral
9.
What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America?
a)
the Voyage of Sorrow.
b)
the Bering Crossing.
c)
the African-America run.
d)
the Middle Passage.
10.

Who wanted to be the first to sail from Europe to India

a)

Las Casas

b)

Dias

c)

Da Gama

d)

Columbus

11.

Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?

a)

Las Casas

b)

Dias

c)

Da Gama

d)

Columbus

12.

Name the explorer who set foot on an island in the America's in 1492

a)

Las Casas

b)

Dias

c)

da Gama

d)

Columbus

13.

He established a school of navigation in Portugal.

a)

Prince Henry

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Vasco da Gama

14.

He was a Portuguese explorer and the first European who reached India by sailing south around Africa.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Vasco da Gama

15.

A new type of ship capable of sailing in the open ocean.

a)

astrolabe

b)

compass

c)

canoe

d)

caravel

16.

His crew was the first to circumnavigate (sail around) the world.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Vasco da Gama

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Hernan Cortex

17.

The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Globalization

18.

Early explorer who thought he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Oceans. Landed in what is today the Caribbean.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Prince Henry

19.

A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Prince Henry

20.

The trade in goods, raw materials, and slaves between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

a)

the Columbian Exchange

b)

the Triangular Trade

c)

the Middle Passage

d)

Globalization

21.

The forced transportation of slaves in horrific conditions aboard ships across the Atlantic.

a)

the Middle Passage

b)

the Trail of Tears

c)

the Pacific Trade

d)

the Columbian Exchange

22.

Conquered the Incas and made Spain Very Wealthy

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

John Cabot

c)

Francisco Pizarro

d)

Hernando De Soto

23.
What was Columbus looking for on his voyage?
a)
New Land
b)
Gold
c)
Tropical Islands
d)
A Shorter Route to India
24.

Who was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca civilization?

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

25.

The first Portuguese explorer to make it around the southern end of Africa

a)
Vasco da Gama
b)
Bartolomeu Dias
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Amerigo Vespucci
26.
What vocabulary word is most illustrated in the picture above?
a)
Global Economy
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Bank Loans
d)
Profit
27.
What social class grew the quickest in the Commercial Revolution?
a)
Nobility
b)
Serfs
c)
Middle Class
d)
No class system increased
28.
What was mercantilism?
a)
The idea a colony should be self-sufficient
b)
The idea a mother country needs to defend her colonies
c)
The idea the religion of the colony should mirror the religion of the mother country
d)
The idea colonies existed to benefit and serve their mother countries
29.
All of the following resulted from the Commercial Revolution EXCEPT:
a)
rise of banking industry
b)
rise of insurance industry
c)
shrinking of European economy
d)
sale of stock for business investment
30.

The global trading of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas begun after Columbus's first voyage is known as __________________.

a)

The Great Exchange

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

The New World Exchange

d)

The American Exchange

31.

Europeans were not as affected by the diseases they brought to the Americas because they had _________________ .

a)

mercantilism

b)

epidemiology

c)

immunity

d)

colonization

32.

The introduction of new crops from the Americas caused populations to _____________ in the Europe, Africa, and Asia.

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

the stay the same

d)

none of the above

33.

What continents are in the New World?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

e)

Africa

34.

Which is true about the map?

a)

Europeans introduced livestock to the Americas.

b)

Native Americans brought diseases to Europe.

c)

Europeans taught Native Americans how to grow potatoes and squash.

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