Chapter 2 Test: 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 help making maps and navigational tools.

Which statement best defines the Columbian Exchange?

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

• the passing of germs from Europeans to American Indians that resulted in epidemics

• a slave trade between Europeans and Africans that financed Columbus’s voyages

• the passage of European officials across the Atlantic to fill new positions in colonial governments

Look at the map and the list of explorers. Draw a line from each explorer’s name to label his route on the map.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Leif Ericcson

• Leif Ericcson

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Christopher Columbus

Sequence these explorers in the order they made their journeys. (D.C.C.C)

• 1. Columbus, 2. Dias, 3. Cortés, 4. Coronado

• 1. Dias, 2. Columbus, 3. Cortés, 4. Coronado

• 1. Columbus, 2. Cortés, 3. Dias, 4. Coronado

• 1. Dias, 2. Cortés, 3. Columbus, 4. Coronado

What boat would have been best for a long expedition across an ocean in the 1400s?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which statement makes the best argument for what boat would be best for a long expedition?

• The boat labeled A is small and is helpful for exploring rivers by the shore.

• The boat labeled B has a large, square sail and oars that give it two sources of power.

• The boat labeled C has room to store supplies and different-shaped sails to use the wind better.

• The boat labeled D has oars and would be needed for sailors to go from the main ship to shore.

Your class is debating whether Prince Henry was a good citizen. A classmate is arguing that he was a good citizen. What evidence can you offer to change this classmate’s mind about Prince Henry?

• Prince Henry's involvement in the slave trade.

• Prince Henry's support for exploration and discovery.

• Prince Henry's contributions to the arts and sciences.

• Prince Henry's role in establishing trade routes.

Label the types of Europeans in the order they came to the Americas. (E.C.O)

- officials - conquistadors - explorers

• 1. explorers 2. conquistadors 3. officials

• 1. conquistadors 2. explorers 3. officials

• 1. officials 2. explorers 3. conquistadors

• 1. conquistadors 2. officials 3. explorers

Which was the cause of the effect in the graphic organizer?

• Spain wanted to create jobs.

• Spain needed money to pay for wars.

• Spain wanted to move its government.

• Spain needed to defend itself from American Indians.

Read the excerpt.

"As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first island on which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts" ~Christopher Columbus, 1493

Why does he call the islands “the Indies”?

• Europeans used the general term "the Indies" to refer to all of east Asia's territories.

• Because the islands were rich in spices.

• Because Bria was mad her Ariana Grande shirt was messed up.

• Because Baby Shark knew that "the Indies" only had 30 minutes.