Exploration and Geography Review

traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

• colonization

• exploration

• charter

• commerce

Which of the following played a key role in the European Age of Exploration that emerged in the 15th and 16th centuries?

• Advancements in sea-faring technology

• New lands with the possibility for European expansion

• An interest in developing a sea route to Asia for trade

• All of the Above

Which of the following is the primary reason that European rulers became interest in trans-Atlantic exploration beginning in the 15th century?

• They were curious about whether or not the world was round.

• They were seeking an oversea trade route to Asia.

• They wanted to become allies with Western Hemisphere natives.

• They were looking to relocate their European empires to a new continent.

During this age of exploration, European countries wanted to spread Christianity beyond Europe, expand their empires and they wanted to become rich.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which new pattern of cultural diffusion between Europe and the Americas was initiated with the Spanish exploration in 1492?

• Silk Road

• Columbian Exchange

• mercantilism

• To acquire resources for trade

• To obtain raw materials for industry

• To create markets for manufactured goods

How did European countries attempt to achieve these goals during the 16th through the 18th centuries?

• by adopting isolationist policies

• by promoting communist economic goals

• by introducing democratic government

• by colonizing territories

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Magnetic compass

Which Age did these innovations contribute most to?

• Industrial Revolution

• Reformation

• Exploration

• Agricultural Revolution

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

• racism
• colony
• mercantalism
• ethnocentric

Christopher Columbus mistakenly believed he had discovered:

• North America

• a western route to Asia

• an ancient civilization

• Cuba and Hispaniola

This was widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Europe.

• Cultural Exchange

• Columbian Coffee

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade