Age of Exploration

Question 1

Which explorer realized that the New World was NOT Asia or India?

Accepted Answer

Vespucci

Question 2

What ocean lies between Europe and the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Question 3

Why did these explorers suffer these awful voyages?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 4

Which leg of the triangular trade brought slaves from Africa to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

2nd leg

Question 5

Which leg of the triangular trade brought guns and manufactured goods from Europe to Africa?

Accepted Answer

1st leg

Question 6

Who conquered the Mayan empire?

Accepted Answer

Nobody, it was already gone

Question 7

What is the term we used for the way European plants and animals took over the New World?

Accepted Answer

Biological imperialism

Question 8

Which of these was the last continent discovered by the Europeans?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 9

Which economic theory did Mercantilism later turn into?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 10

Which leg of the triangular trade brought raw materials from the Americas to Europe?

Accepted Answer

3rd leg

Question 11

What ocean lies between Asia and the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Question 12

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

Accepted Answer

Hernan Cortes

Question 13

Who was the main supporter of Portuguese exploration?

Accepted Answer

Henry the Navigator

Question 14

Who conquered the Incan Empire?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizzaro

Question 15

What is the term for the spread of African culture, music and art from the slave trade?

Accepted Answer

African diaspora

Question 16

Which crop was NOT grown on plantations?

Accepted Answer

Corn

Question 17

What was the main purpose for having colonies?

Accepted Answer

To make the mother country more wealthy

Question 18

Which leg is one too many to be part of the triangular trade?

Accepted Answer

4th leg

Question 19

Which was NOT one of the first countries to explore the world?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 20

Which was the biggest reason why the New World was so easily conquered?

Accepted Answer

Disease

Question 21

Which explorer was the first to sail around Africa to India?

Accepted Answer

Da Gama

Question 22

Which nation was the only one to get large sums of gold and silver from the New World?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Questions 22