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Which of the following explorers is given the credit as the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Magellan
• Columbus
• da Gama 
• Hudson 

Which of the following best describes the motivation that caused European explorers to find a way to sail to Asia, otherwise known as the “three G’s”

• Gifts, Gold, and Glory 
•  God, Glory and Silver
• God, Gold, and Glory
• Gold, God and Gluten 

Which was an immediate result of the European Age of Exploration?

•  Islamic culture spread across Africa and Asia
• European influence spread to the Western hemisphere
• independence movements developed in Asia and Africa
• military dictatorships were established throughout Europe 

A major result of the Age of Exploration was

• a long period of peace and prosperity for the nations of Western Europe
• extensive migration of people from the Western Hemisphere to Europe and Asia
• the fall of European national monarchies and the end of the power of the Catholic Church
• the end of regional isolation and the beginning of a period of European global domination

Which of these events during the Age of Exploration was a cause of the other three?

• Europeans brought food, animals, and ideas from one continent to another
• European diseases had an adverse effect on the native populations of new territories
• warfare increased as European nations competed for land and power
•  advances in learning and technology made long ocean voyages possible

Which was a characteristic of the policy of mercantilism followed by Spanish colonial rulers in Latin America?

• the colonies were forced to develop local industries to support themselves
• Spain sought trade agreements between its colonies and the English colonies in North America 
•  the colonies were required to provide raw materials to Spain and to purchase Spanish manufactured goods
• Spain encouraged the colonies to develop new political systems to meet colonial needs

The influence of African culture on some areas of Latin America was largely a result of the 

•  American Revolution
• building of the Panama Canal
• success of Communist Revolutions
• Atlantic slave trade

According to the theory of mercantilism, colonies should be

• acquired as markets and sources of raw materials 
•  considered an economic burden for the colonial power 
• granted independence as soon as possible
• encouraged to develop their own industries

The compass, the astrolabe, and the sexton were technological advances that contributed to the

• exploration and overseas expansion of the colonial empires
• unification of Germany and Italy in the late 1800’s
• growth of industry in Latin America during the late 1900’s
• spread of Islam in the 700’s and 800’s

Sailed from Portugal and was the first European to reach India by sea

• Vasco de Gama
• Zheng He
• Samuel de Champlain
• Prince Henry the Navigator