S.S Ch. 2 Review Age of Exploration

What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?

• to start a colony there

• to establish the slave trade

• to build a navy and start a war

• to find and control trade routes

Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?

• the trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and AMerican Indians

• the passing of germs between Europeans to American Indians

• a slave trade between Euopeans and Africans

• a trade of Nerds Clusters and Kit Kat bars between Mrs. Dezember and Ms. Sanders

Who traveled around the southern tip of Africa?

• Ms. Sanders

• Mrs. Bushard

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

Who traveled and landed in the Americas?

• Lief Ericcson

• Mrs. Bushard

• Christopher Columbus

• Taylor Swift

Look at the level of activity between 1000 and 1500. Which statement about this time period does the timeline support?

• Merchants started trading with India using sea routes after 1419.

• Europeans abandoned sea travel until 1487 because it was too dangerous.

• Technology had improved enough by 1487 to make sea travel more common.

• There was little or no development in navigation and sailing technology until 1487.

Which generaliztion is supported by the timeline?

• Explorers made many expeditions at first, then little or non until 1419.

• Trade increased until the age of exploration ended in 1499.

• Explorers were more active after 1419 than before.

• Trade by sea became common after 1000.

What is the correct order of explorers in the order that they made their journeys?

• Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, Dias

• Dias, Columbus, Cortes, Coronado

Why would this boat be best for long expeditions across the ocean in the 1400s?

• It is small and can go fast

• It is really pretty

• It has oars.

• It has room to store supplies.

These goods were traded from the Americas to Europe.

• Corn and potatoes

• wheat and horses

• corn and horses

• wheat and corn

These goods were traded from Europe to the Americas.

• wheat and corn

• horses and wheat

• potatoes and corn

• chocolate and bananas