Exploration

How did the compass and astrolabe help sailors?

• by helping sailors navigate and find their way home
• by showing them which type of ship was best
• by improving the steering of ships
• by helping ships sail faster

Which of the following is not a reason people began to explore?

• Asian spices
• curiosity 
• spread their religion
• convert more people to Islam

What is Columbus known for?

• finding a sea route to Asia
• sailing around the world
• accidentally discovering the Americas
• discovering Brazil

Which explorer led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson
• Vasco da Gama
• Jacques Cartier

Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and conquered land for Spain.

• Colonies

• Cortes

• Joint-stock

• Conquistadors

Segment of the forced journey that captured Africans made from Africa to America throughout the 1600's; it consisted of the dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean; many slaves perished on this segment of the journey.

• Caravel
• Pizarro
• Triangular Trade
• Middle Passage

The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas.

• Columbian Exchange
• Middle Passage
• Capitalism
• Colonization

Which of the following was NOT an invention that helped explorers sail faster, safer and farther?

• caravel

• compass

• astrolabe

• hydrant

Native Americans accidentally received these from European explorers. They proved to be deadly.

• tomatoes

• onions

• horses

• diseases

Which picture shows the Columbian Exchange?

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