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Review for a unit test on Exploration
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1
How did the French find success in the Americas?
Through the fur trade
Trading gold and silver
Through shipbuilding
They never found success
2
Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage?
Portugal
Italy
Spain
Great Britain
3
Who opened a navigation school in 1419?
Peter I
Prince Henry of Portugal
King Ferdinand
Queen Isabella
4
What is the ideology that trade gave countries money and power?
capitalism
cartography
circumnavigate
mercantilism
5
How did the printing press encourage the Age of Exploration?
books were cheaper
Gutenberg created it
ideas spread
6
Who was the first person to circumnavigate (sail all the way around) the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Franz Ferdinand
Hernan Cortes
Vasco da Gama
7
Which company was formed by wealthy merchants to sponsor increased exploration?
West Indies Trading Post
British East India Company
Dutch East India Company
Joint-stock Company
8
What were the three main reasons for exploration?
Greed, Gold, Glory
God, Gold, Glory
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD!
God, Gold, Guts
9
Who sailed to the Caribbean and thought he was in India?
Cartier
Columbus
Vespucci
Balboa
10
Which is an example of how technology impacted exploration?
All of the above
Prince Henry helped Portugal to find a water route to Asia.
Maps were more accurate drawings of trade routes/land masses
A magnetic compass could help the captain stay on course.
11
Who sailed across the Atlantic in search of a route to the West Indies?
Vasco de Gama
Vasco de Nunez Balboa
Prince Henry
Christopher Columbus
12
Who sailed to Panama and first saw the Pacific Ocean?
Verazzano
Balboa
Dias
Vespucci
13
What were Spanish explorers who conquered civilizations and spread Christianity called?
encomienda
colonists
conquistadors
mestizo
14
An example of a
good
introduced
TO
the Americas through the Colombian Exchange would be...
peppers
pumpkins
horses
buffalo
15
In the Colombian Exchange, which of the following
did
NOT
come from Europe?
tobacco
diseases
guns
liquor
16
What was an effectt of the Age of Exploration?
trade grew
empires grew
all of the above
natives died of diseases
17
What crop, discovered in America, became very profitable in Europe?
sugar
corn
tobacco
pineapple
18
What was the Colombian Exchange?
A trade route along the “Silk Road” from Europe to India.
A route to the Northwest Passage
The trading of slaves from Africa to the Americas
Exchange of tech/food/disease from Europe/Africa/America
19
Why were countries in Asia less open to trading with the Europeans than other nations?
European nations attacked and killed many Chinese
European nations could only trade in paper money
Asian goods were superior to European goods
20
What two continents were involved in the Middle Passage?
Europe and Americas
Asia and Africa
Europe and Africa
Africa and Americas
21
Which explorer was able to conquer the almighty Aztec empire?
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizzaro
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortes
22
Which of the following is an instrument that uses the stars for navigation?
astrolabe
trumpet
caravel
compass
23
Which of the following countries
was
NOT
a major player during the Age of Exploration?
England
Spain
Portugal
Germany
24
What was occurred on the second leg of the triangular trade route?
European goods to Africa
American goods to Europe
European goods to the Americas
Middle Passage slave trade from Africa to the Americas
25
An economic structure that thrives off of private business ownership and entrepreneurship is...
Socialism
Mercantilism
Communism
Capitalism
26
Which of the following was a
positive effect
of the Colombian Exchange?
new technologies
diseases
conflict
alcohol
27
Asian trade was dominated by which two groups?
Italians & Dutch
Dutch & English
Chinese & Muslims
Italians & Muslims
28
Which group of Natives did Columbus come in contact with in the Americas?
Taino
Iroquois
Inca
29
What advanced
SHIP
technology made European exploration possible?
the compass
the caravel
the astrolabe
the middle pasage
30
Which country became the first to truly sponsor and encourage exploration?
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Great Britain
31
Who was the first explorer to sail around the tip of Africa?
Vasco Da Gama
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
Henry Hudson
32
What was Prince Henry’s contribution to the Age of Discovery?
invented the caravel
the printing press
he was assassinated
school of navigation
33
Which of the following is
NOT
an advantage the Spanish had over the Native Americans?
superior weaponry
knowledge of the land
immunity to diseases
better supplies
