Age of Exploration Quiz

What is the Age of Exploration?

• A time when people explored new places around the world.

• A time of war about religion.

• A time when people were very poor.

What is one of the reasons European nations began exploring the world?

Henry the Navigator started a school to teach about

• Outer Space

• Navigation

• Human body systems

Who was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa and into the Indian Ocean, establishing an all-water route to Asia?

Hint: They were dominating exploration

• The Spanish

• A Portuguese explorer

Portugal is exploring faster than everyone else. Spain is not happy about his. What do the king and queen of Spain do?

• They started sending explorers of their own

• They started a war

• They sought peace with Portugal

Which area did Christopher Columbus accidentally discover during his first voyage in 1492-1493?

• America

• Spain

• China

Which civilizations did Spanish explorers conquer in South America and Mexico?

• Aztec & Inca

• England

• China

What did French explorers find in America?

• The West Coast

• The Great Lakes

• Europe

What was one of the effects of European exploration?

• Colonies in the Americas

• Less in European power

• No trade routes

What does the term "Columbian Exchange" refer to?

• The trade of electronic goods between continents

• The global trade of plants, animals, disease, and food