Unit 4: Age of Exploration

Who was the explorer who first circumnavigated the globe?

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Drake

• Cortes

Economic system in which Mother countries go out and colonize in order to get wealth and raw materials is called what?

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

• Atlantic Slave Trade

This Native American civilization ended before the arrival of Europeans

• Mayan

• Aztec

• Incan

• Apache

Spanish and Portuguese colonial society was based around

• Wealth

• Language

• Nationality

• Race

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, people, etc. between the New World and the Old World is called

• Triangular Trade

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• Colonization

What happened to the Native American population as a result of European colonization?

• Population declined

• Population increased

• Population stayed the same

Trade route between the Americas, Europe, and Africa over raw materials, finished products, and slaves.

• Triangular Trade

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

The Ottoman Turks' control of the Silk Road is best explained as the

• reason Europe started the Crusades

• reason Europe started looking for a sea route to Asia

• reason trade declined in the Americas

• reason the Soviet Union sent a missile into space

Which of the following is NOT true about a mercantilist nation?

• It colonizes in order to get wealth and raw materials

• It competes with other mercantilist countries for colonies

• It will expand its military in order to protect its access to raw materials

• It's main goal is to educate the native population

Chinese explorer who sailed around the coast of Southeast Asia

• Sir Francis Drake

• Zheng He

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro