Chapter 2 - Age of Exploration Quiz

During the Middle Ages, Europeans became interested in Asia because of...

• Europeans were exposed to silk and spices from Asia while fighting the Crusades
• Armies from Asia had begun conquering large regions of Western Europe and Asian explorers had been sailing to Europe
• Asia had vast gold and salt mines as well as a wide variety of domesticated animals that Europeans wanted
• Europeans wished to colonize Asia to make up for the lack of space in Europe, also Europeans had learned about Asia through Explorers like Leif Eriksson

Which of these was NOT a technology that helped sailors and made exploration easier?

• The Compass
• Better Maps
• Astrolabe
• Protractor
• All of the above

Check all of the boxes that describe why a Caravel was a good ship to use for exploration

• The caravel used a steam engine allowing it to travel up rivers
• The caravel had triangular sails allowing it to sail into the wind
• The caravel had three masts and three sails that made it sail faster
• The caravel had a larger storage capacity than previous

Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama were explorers from Portugal who planned to get to Asia by which route?

• Sailing north across the North Pole
• Sailng West across the Atlantic Ocean to Asia
• Sailing South around Africa
• Sailing East through the Mediterranean Sea

Who was the first European to reach the Americas?

• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco de Gama
• Leif Eriksson

Which route did Christopher Columbus decide to take to reach Asia?

• Sailing north across the North Pole
• Sailing West across the Atlantic Ocean
• Sailing South around Africa
• Sailing East through the Mediterranean Sea

What was the goal of Spanish missions?

• To convert Natives to be Christians
• To teach Natives how to read and write
• To teach Natives how to work on farms
• To find out where Natives kept their gold
• All of the above

The first person to realize that North and South America was not Asia was...

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Christopher Columbus
• Pedro Cabral
• None of the above

Check the boxes for all of the reasons the smaller Spanish armies were able to defeat the much larger Native American armies

• Better weapons and technology
• Had support from France and England
• Natives did not have immunity to European diseases
• Had support from smaller Native American groups

Why did Spain and England go to war?

• Spain and England both wanted to colonize present day Mexico
• Spain and England both wanted to control trade with Native Americans
• Spain was a Catholic country and England was a Protestant country
• Spain was friends with the Natives and England wanted to enslave the Natives