The Age of Exploration

Question 1

This Portuguese explorer sailed east all the way to India in 1498.

Accepted Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 2

Economic policy stating that a nation's power depended on its wealth.

Accepted Answer

mercantilism

Question 3

Which of the following did NOT originally come from Europe and travel to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

corn

Question 4

The Triangular Trade was between _______ that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.

Accepted Answer

Europe, Africa, and the Americas

Question 5

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the present-day _________.

Accepted Answer

Bahamas

Question 6

How many total voyages did Columbus make to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

four

Question 7

The expedition of this Portuguese explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world.

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 8

To travel completely around the world.

Accepted Answer

circumnavigate

Question 9

Instrument measuring the angle of stars above the horizon.

Accepted Answer

astrolabe

Question 10

An economic system based on private ownership of resources.

Accepted Answer

capitalism

Question 11

Movement of plants, animals, and other living things between the eastern & western hemispheres.

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 12

_____ claimed lands in the Pacific, such as the present-day Philippines.

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 13

This Portuguese explorer rounded Africa's southern tip & sailed up part of Africa's east coast.

Accepted Answer

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 14

A ship designed for long voyages.

Accepted Answer

caravel

Question 15

What were the names of the three ships that Columbus sailed with on his first voyage?

Accepted Answer

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

Questions 15