Social Studies Ch. 2 Quiz

What was the time period called in which Europeans explored the world?

• Age of Boredom

• Age of Expansion

• Age of Exploration

• Age of Ship Go Saily Saily

The first European explorers to the Americas (that we know about) was...

• The English

• The Portuguese

• The Vikings

• The Spanish

Why were the Portuguese trying to find routes to Asia?

• To go to war

• To find new trade routes for spices, gold, and other resources

• To discover the Americas

• To help Christopher Columbus

List the three reasons European explorers sailed the open seas.

• Gold- to make money

• Gore- to spread war and terror

• Gratitude- to help the people of the world

• God- to spread Christianity

• Glory- to become famous

What were some problems explorers and sailors faced on the open seas during the Age of Exploration? (complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation must be used for full points)

How were maps and compasses used by European explorers to discover new lands? How did they help? (complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation must be used for full points)

A caravel is a/an...

• Ship with triangular sails

• Instrument that always points north

• Instrument that measures latitude

• Country in Europe

In what year did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue?

• 1492

• 1517

• 1991

• 1104

What were some of the positives of Christopher Columbus "discovering" the Americas and the Columbian Exchange? (complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation must be used for full points)

What were some of the negatives of Christopher Columbus discovering the Americas and the Columbian Exchange? (complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation must be used for full points)