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Age of Exploration Review
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Why are the West Indies (today's Caribbean Islands) referred to as the West Indies in the 15th and 16th century?
Magellan found the Natives there very hospitable, much like the Indians.
Columbus believed that he had reached India, and the name stuck.
Americo Vespucci named the islands the West Indies.
The Natives living there were descendants of Indian sailors from Delhi.
2
Which of the following countries did NOT claim land in the Americas during the Age of European Exploration by 1700?
France
Spain
Russia
Germany
3
Who was the man who helped Portugal lead the Age of European Exploration and how?
da Gama, he sailed from Portugal to India
Prince Henry, he created a school to train for overseas voyages
Columbus, he knew the Earth wasn't flat
Magellan, he sailed around the Earth and made Portugal a powerful country
4
The image below shows a ___, and was innovative because of the ____ which helped ships find wind and sail the Atlantic.
Astrolabe, star charts
joint stock company, profits for investors
caravel, lateen sails
compass, arrows which indicated direction
5
Which of the following Renaissance ideas helped to encourage the Age of Exploration?
perspective
secularism
humanism
Christian Humanism
6
Which group, formed during the Reformation, helped spread Catholicism to the New World?
Jesuits
Franciscans
Catholics
Lutherans
7
The War of the Armadas was between ___ and ___ and fought over these religions (2) and control of ____ (5)
Netherlands and England, Catholicism and Protestantism, the Netherlands
Spain and Portugal, Catholicism and Islam, South America
England and Spain, Catholicism and Protestantism, the Atlantic Ocean
France and England, Catholicism and Calvinism, land in France
8
The Spanish began the trade system in the image below that connected these three continents (3)
The Triangular Trade, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean Islands
The Columbian Exchange, Africa and the Americas
The Triangular Trade, Europe and the Americas
The Columbian Exchange, Europe and the Americas
9
The Portuguese first sailed around the southern tip of ____ and called the southern most point of that continent the __.
South America, Strait of Magellan
India, Cape Fear
Africa, Cape of Good Hope
Europe, Strait of Gibralter
10
Both Spain and Portugal claimed land in South America, so the Pope divided the land in ____.
The Battle of the Armada
the Vatican Treaty
the Council of Trent
the Treaty of Tordesillas
11
Which of the following is an outcome of the Age of European Exploration?
The Aztecs and Incas were conquered by the Spanish
the Earth was proved to be a sphere
All of the answers are correct
Europe benefitted from the Columbian Exchange
12
Which of the following best describes mercantilism?
a country that exploits a regions gold and silver to increase its wealth
when a country exports more than it imports
when a country has colonial resources and makes manufactured goods to sell
when a country attacks another country and steals its gold
13
The conquistador that conquered the Aztecs was
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Vasco da Gama
Francisco Pizarro
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His book inspired Europeans to travel overseas to India
Marco Polo
Niccolo Machiavelli
Thomas More
Geoffry Chaucer
15
The Incas government was vulnerable to the Spanish conquest because ___ and quickly were defeated by ____.
the government was unstable due to a fight over leadership, Pizzaro
the Spanish destroyed their suspension bridges, Magellan
the Spaniards brought small pox which killed many Inca, Pizzaro
recognized the Spaniards as gods, Cortes
16
Who controlled the spice trade in India before the Portuguese were able to establish a port of trade in 1498?
The Venetians
the Chinese
The Genoese
the Ottoman Empire
17
This country was the MOST successful at mercantilism because of its favorable balance of trade.
England
Spain
Netherlands
France
18
One effect of the Age of European Exploration on the continent of Africa was
loss of independence to the Europeans
increased enslavement of American people
increased warfare among African tribes
All of the answers are correct
19
The key difference between the Native American religions and Christianity of the European was
The Natives based their religions on the ideas of good and evil.
The Natives were polytheistic.
The Christians did not build elaborate structures for worship.
The Christians did not participate in rituals.
20
In the Americas the Portuguese claimed present day ____?
Spain
Peru
Mexico
Brazil
21
While the Portuguese sailed ___, Christopher Columbus believed that the faster direction was ___ towards India.
West, East
East, South
East, West
East, North
22
Who were the king and queen of Spain that supported Atlantic overseas exploration and conquest?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Henry and Anne
Marco and Edwina
Elizabeth and Phillip II
23
Which of the following represents a cause of the Age of Exploration?
a desire to force the Ottoman Turks out of Istanbul
a desire to control the silk road trade with China
a desire to control the spice trade with India
a desire to end the Muslim control of the Holy Land
24
When the Natives succumbed to small pox and other diseases, the Europeans enslaved ___ for their labor force.
Chinese
debtors
Arabs
Africans
25
Which Native American group below used the quipa as their writing system?
Mayas
Aztecs
Olmec
Incas
26
Which of the following is true of the culture of both the Aztecs and Incas?
They had no written language
theystudied astronomy
they had no religion
the pyramid structures were built as schools of learning
