Who was Christopher Columbus?

first sailor to search for a sea route to Asia

What can be true of supply and demand?

When demand is high, price is high

What is a major theme of the chapter " The Age of Exploration"?

Countries have relied on each other for centuries.

What did Vasco da Gama do?

After 50 years, he sailed around Africa

The first man to circumnavigate the world

What does longitude measure?

How far east or west of the equator we are

What do mercantilists want to do?

Export lots of goods and be paid in gold or silver

Why was England's defeat of the Spanish Armada so important in history?

It allowed the Dutch, French and English to rise in power

How did England defeat the Spanish Armada?

With fast, little boats that fired cannonballs

How do supply and demand relate to each other?

When supply is low and demand is high, price is high.

Why is the Columbian Exchange named after Christopher Columbus?

He was the first European to begin trade with America!

imaginary lines going north and south along the earth

horizontal lines that measure north & south of the equator

What is a 'cottage industry'?

a business making goods from home

What was the commercial revolution?

making goods based on supply and demand

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Ch. 10 Age of Exploration: Explorers, Christopher Columbus, inventions in 1400 and 1500s, Spanish Armada, longitude and latitude

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1
What historical instrument helped people measure latitude?
a compass
an astrolabe
a codice
an astronut
2
Who was Christopher Columbus?
the man who named the Pacific Ocean
first European to sail around Africa
first sailor to search for a sea route to Asia
first man to find Newfoundland
3
What can be true of supply and demand?
When supply is low, demand is high
When demand is high, price is high
When supply is high, demand is high
When supply is high, price is high
4
What is a major theme of the chapter " The Age of Exploration"?
Countries have relied on each other for centuries.
History determines our fate.
Leaders of countries have always been greedy for wealth.
Colonialism, begun by England, is a necessary evil.
5
What did Vasco da Gama do?
After 50 years, he defeated the Spanish Armada
After 50 years, he sailed around America
After 50 years, he sailed around Africa
After 50 years, he landed on Hispanolia
6
What were some GOOD things exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?
cars, horses, corn
slaves, chocolate, maize
horses, corn, sushi
pineapples, corn, horses
7
Who was Magellan?
The first man to circumnavigate the world
The first man to sail around Asia
the man who defeated the Spanish Armada
The first man to circumnavigate Africa
8
What does longitude measure?
Mountain altitude
How far east or west of the equator we are
Population density
How far north or south of the equator we are
9
What do mercantilists want to do?
Export lots of goods and be paid in gold or silver
Import only gold and silver
Import lots of goods and pay with gold or silver
Export only gold and siiver
10
What time is 14:00?
11:00am
5:00pm
3:00pm
2:00pm
11
What did Queen Elizabeth I accomplish?
defeated the Spanish Armada
married King Henry VIII
conquered the Aztecs
conquered the Dutch
12
Why was England's defeat of the Spanish Armada so important in history?
It was the first major battle in the world
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella led the Crusades afterwards
laws changed to make sailor take swimming classes
It allowed the Dutch, French and English to rise in power
13
What is 'cartography'?
study of navigation
study of maps
study of carts
study of globes
14
How did England defeat the Spanish Armada?
English pirates jumped aboard Spanish ships and fought
With fast, little boats that fired cannonballs
England dropped bombs on Spanish ships
with huge, sturdy ships that ran over Spanish ships
15
What areas of the world were affected in a BAD way by the Columbian Exchange?
America and Africa
America and Asia
America and Europe
Asia and Africa
16
How do supply and demand relate to each other?
When demand is high, supply is high
When supply is low and demand is high, price is high.
When supply is high and demand is low, price is high
When demand is high, price is low
17
Why is the Columbian Exchange named after Christopher Columbus?
Because he was the first European to reach India, of course!
Because he was the first to discover the U.S., of course!
He was the first European to sail around the world!
He was the first European to begin trade with America!
18
What is longitude?
imaginary lines going east-west across the earth
imaginary lines going north and south along the earth
imaginary lines going diagonally across the earth
imaginary lines going parallel to the equator
19
Which French explorer claimed eastern Canada as the property of France?
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cousteau
20
What does latitude measure?
How far north or south we are
Width of the earth
How far east or west we are
Length of the earth
21
What is a caravel?
a boat with big, square sails
a 15th century amusement park
a boat with triangular sails
the city center for entrepreneurs
22
Which powerful ruler shifted the balance of power away from Spain?
Elizabeth I
Mr Bill Lynch
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
King Kong
23
What BAD things were exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?
slaves and deseazes
diseases and slaves
deceases and drugs
slaves and drugs
24
What is latitude?
horizontal lines measuring east and west
horizontal lines that measure north & south of the equator
vertical lines measuring east & west
vertical lines that measure north & south of the equator
25
Why did countries want to have colonies?
all the above
so they would not have to pay for imports
to have land to produce goods on
to create a slave trade
26
What is a 'cottage industry'?
a business making goods from home
a business for buying and selling homes
a business district in the middle of a city
a buisness in a home
27
What was the commercial revolution?
a new way of doing business
making goods based on supply and demand
people revolting against commercials
people revolting against working

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