UNIT V- Exploration & Expansion

The global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas is known as the

• Scientific Revolution
• Columbian Exchange 
• New Imperialism 
• Middle Passage

How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration

• By emphasizing the importance of converting people to Christianity
• By awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe
• By persuading Europeans that the pursuit of wealth was all-important
• By fostering a belief in the importance of working as a group

Which is an example of a tool that improved navigation and made sea exploration possible?

• Telescope
• Aqueducts
• Atlas
• Astrolabe

Henry the Navigator is named as such because

• He was the first European to circumnavigate the globe.
  
• He was a patron and supporter of voyages of exploration.
  
• Navigator is Dutch for “ship captain”
  
• He was the first European to land in the Americas.
  

How did European exploration of the Americas most affect the Inca and Aztec Empires

• It caused the population to move inland from coastal locations
• It encouraged tribal leaders to create alliances with Europeans
• It introduced diseases that destroyed populations of the natives
• It reduced the native reliance on agricultural production

The reasons that the Europeans explored in the 16th century can be summed up by the three words....

• Gold, Guts, Goals
• God, Glory, Gold
• Glory, Land, Conquest
• Good, Glory, Guts

Which Portuguesa noble organized and financed many trips to Africa and India to further trade? (He did not actually sail on the ships.)

• Magellan
• Cortez
• Henry the Navigator
• Pizarro

Which explorer sailed to South America and conquered the Incan Empire by killing their leader?

• Henry the Navigator
• Cortez
• Pizarro
• Magellan

The Columbian Exchange promoted the exchange of goods between......

• the north and the south of Europe
• the old world and the new world
• Asia and Africa
• different countries in South America

Mercantilism helped create trade patterns in which raw materials were imported and then processed and redistributed to other colonies. Mercantilism is based on the idea that....

• Trade generates wealth
• Trade is a waste of time