Age of Exploration

The first European country credited with international exploration was

• England

• Portugal

• Germany

• The Caribbean

Why did Europeans want to find a water route to India?

• They did not have the technology to travel to India by land

• To avoid dangerous or expensive land routes that were controlled by the Ottoman Empire

• They were unable to continue living in Europe

• They were motivated to have a really nice and relaxing vacation

Why were some Europeans motivated to go to new lands?

• They wanted to help distant people fight disease

• They wanted to find Bigfoot

• They wanted to find other people that spoke their same language

• To spread their religion to people in the New World

Who was the explorer credited with sailing around the entire world for the first time?

Christopher Columbus Vasco de Gama Ferdinand Magellan Francisco Pizzaro

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magella

Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro could both be described as:

• Italian

• Conquistadors

• circumnavigators

• peaceful

When talking about the Columbian Exchange, which land is referred to as the “New World”?

• Europe

• The Americas

• Africa

• Asia

What is one result of the Columbian Exchange?

• Being able to eat a meal that includes ingredients from all over the world

• Christopher Columbus is known everywhere as a hero to everyone

• The thriving cultural and political success of the Native American population in our modern world

• The Columbian Exchange actually did not have an effect on the modern world at all

According to the theory of mercantilism colonies should be

• encouraged to develop their own industries

• granted independence as soon as possible

• acquired as markets and sources of raw materials

• considered an economic burden of the colonial power

Which of the following does NOT describe Zheng He?

• He traveled across the Indian Ocean and reached Africa

• Bringing gifts with him to new places and taking exotic treasures such as wild animals back to China

• Lead the largest fleet of wooden ships the world had ever seen at the time

• He discovered Hawaii and Australia

What was the name of the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas?

• The El Paso Passage

• The Reading Passage

• The Middle Passage

• The Windward Passage