Age of Exploration and Absolutism

Which of the following was NOT a motivator of European Exploration?

• God

• Gold

• Gumption

• Glory

This man founded a sailing school in Portugal and sponsored expeditions.

• Vasco da Gama

• King Ferdinand

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry the Navigator

This country was the first to begin exploration

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

Why were explorers trying to reach India and Southeast Asia?

• To secure control of the Spice Trade

• To defeat the Muslims in a holy crusade

• To learn from new cultures

• To find new ways to obtain slaves for the slave trade

Exchange of goods, ideas and diseases between the Old World and the New World.

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

• Joint-Stock

• Encomienda

This man was the first to circumnavigate the World.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

Which of the following was NOT a major cause of death among Native Americans?

• Columbian Exchange

• Warfare

• Encomienda

• Mercantilism

The right to use Native Americans as laborers became known as

• Mercantilism

• Encomienda

• Columbian Exchange

• Slavery

What was the journey from Africa to the Americas for slaves called?

• The Passage of Death

• The Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Encomienda

What continents were involved in the triangular trade?

• Europe, Africa, Asia

• Asia, Europe, Americas

• Africa, Americas, Europe

• Only Europe and the Americas