The Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange

What was the Age of Exploration?

• A period when European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas.

• A time when only Asia was explored by Europeans.

• A period when only Africa was explored.

• A time when explorers avoided sea travel.

What was the actual location Columbus reached in 1492?

• The Bahama Islands off the coast of North America.

• The coast of Africa.

• The coast of India.

• The coast of Australia.

What major historical period began in the 1400s and lasted through the 1600s?

• The Age of Exploration

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The Middle Ages

What was traded during the Columbian Exchange?

• Raw materials, animals, plants, diseases, and people.

• Only gold and silver.

• Only spices and silk.

• Only ships and weapons.

What was a significant social consequence of the Columbian Exchange?

• The rise of enslaved labor in the Americas.

• The end of all wars.

• The creation of new languages.

• The discovery of electricity.

What did the Columbian Exchange include besides goods and crops?

• The transportation of enslaved persons.

• The building of new ships.

• The creation of new languages.

• The discovery of new planets.

Which of the following was NOT a resource brought from the Americas to Europe?

• Rice

• Corn

• Potatoes

• Tobacco

Which continent did Columbus believe he had reached in 1492?

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

• Europe

Which of the following was a positive impact of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas?

• Introduction of horses

• Spread of smallpox

• Loss of native plants

• Decline in population

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• A significant biological event that changed societies and environments around the world, involving the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Africa, and Asia.

• A war between Europe and the Americas.

• A treaty signed by European countries.

• A trade agreement between Asia and Africa.