SSWH 10 - The Age of Exploration

Who was the Portuguese explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Zheng He

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Conquistador

Which European explorer discovered a sea route to India by sailing around Africa?

• Zheng He

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Conquistador

Who was the Muslim admiral who led voyages for the Ming Dynasty with the use of advanced ships with large sails?

• Zheng He

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Conquistador

What were the Spanish or Portuguese explorers called whose purpose was to conquer or claim land to make their nations wealthy?

• Zheng He

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Conquistador

What was the trading of slaves from Africa to the America's largely to supply free labor on sugar plantations called?

• Astrolabe

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

What was an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets across the horizon?

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

• Astrolabe

• Transatlantic Slave trade

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world

• Astrolabe

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

8. The route between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried captured and enslaved Africans. 

 

• Astrolabe

• Columbian Exchange

• Middle Passage

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

Which of the following is NOT a motivation for European exploration? 

• Desire to find new trade routes to Asia. 

• Desire to increase trade with the Muslim world. 

• Curiosity to find out more about the world. 

• Desire to increase European wealth. 

What is NOT major impacts of European Exploration?

• The spread of disease to the new world. 

• Competition between European Countries over wealth and resources. 

• Increase in Native American populations. 

• Exchange of goods between the old and new world.