Unit 4: Age of Exploration & Encounter

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

• Steam Engine

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Rudder

The art and science of map making is called--

• cartography

• mapography

• quilting

• mapology

Which navigational device, invented by the Portuguese, had a rudder, square and triangular sails, several masts, and could be used to travel closer to shore?

• Caraval

• Astrolabe

• Frigate

• Compass

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Queen Isabella

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Which was traded FROM the Old World TO the New World?

• Horses and major diseases

• Squash, pumpkins, and turkeys

• Cocoa and horses

• Cocoa and llamas

Which was traded FROM the New World, TO the Old World?

• Major diseases

• Horses

• Potatoes and corn

• Enslaved persons

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't

• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans

• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous peoples

• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

The term "Conquistador" means--

• to entrust

• to connect

• Spanish court

• conqueror

What motivated the Europeans to explore the world?

• To write a travel book about it?

• Land, food, and water

• Gold, God, and Glory

• Position the government

The inhumane voyage of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean was called the--

• End of Days

• Trail of Tears

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage