Age of Exploration Quiz

____: An economic policy; countries try to sell more goods than it buys from other countries

____: the exchange of goods, ideas, people, and animals between the Old and New Worlds

____: The first English colony (land controlled by a mother nation) in the New World.

____: an economic system based on private ownership and investment for profit

Which industry in Brazil used a high number of African slaves?

What role did African leaders play in slavery?

Bartholomew Dias was the first explorer to

Why did Europeans explore new areas?

____: companies formed by investors to fund colonies in the Americas.

Which was brought west (from Old World to New World) as a part of the Columbian Exchange?

The Dutch colony of New Netherlands included present day ____.

____ landed in ____ in 1492.

The segment of the Triangular Trade that included slaves going from the Old World to New World.

Cortes defeated the Aztecs and Pizarro defeated the Inca because of

The "Middle Passage" involved the passage of slaves from ____ to ____.

Which country was the leader in exploration?

Which explorer is credited with the first circumnavigation of the Earth?

Due the Treaty of Tordesillas, Portugal claimed

Which country first brought slaves to the New World?

Vasco da Gama was the first explorer to reach