Age of Exploration
Quiz by Mara Thomas
Grade 7
Social Studies (2011)
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- Q 1/31Score 0Some Asian countries practice ______________ by shutting their borders to European explorers.29CapitalismMecantilismBuddhismIsolationism
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- Q1Some Asian countries practice ______________ by shutting their borders to European explorers.CapitalismMecantilismBuddhismIsolationism30sEditDelete
- Q2Triangular sails and rudder advancements led to the development of what type of ship?Chinese JunkPortuguese CaravelViking Dragon ShipRoman Galley30sEditDelete
- Q3Mercantilists believe a country shouldExport more goods than it importsPrint lots of paper money.Import more goods than it exports.Stop trade.30sEditDelete
- Q4What traded good was used to enslave Western Africans?CottonGun PowderSaltCorn30sEditDelete
- Q5Trading post were the most loosely controlled settlements. The largest trading post empire in North America was built by _____________________.NetherlandsSpainFrancePortugal30sEditDelete
- Q6Spain, France, and England had different types of relationships with Native Americans. which of the following best describes the relationship between English colonists and Native Americans?They traveled deep into Native american lands to trade furs.They lived among Native Americans and learned their languages.They pushed Native Americans off their landsThey tried to convert Native Americans to Catholicism30sEditDelete
- Q7In what is now New England, English settlers mostly built _______.Settler ColoniesTrading PostsFactory TownsPlantation Colonies30sEditDelete
- Q8All of the following played an important role in the Triangle Trade except ________.Enslaved AfricansAsian SpicesMolassesGuns30sEditDelete
- Q9Which of the following was not true about the Atlantic Slave Trade?It gave rise to racism in the AmericasIt contributed to the success of European colonies in the AmericasIt decreased warfare among the AfricansIt robbed African societies of their population30sEditDelete
- Q10A new economic theory known as mercantilism encouraged Europeans to build colonies. What was the basic goal of mercantilism?To reduce government involvement in business.To acquire gold and silver through trade.To increase foreign investments.To acquire gold and silver through conquest30sEditDelete
- Q11Of the following inventions which one did not help European explorers navigate?CompassRudderAstrolabeSteam Engine30sEditDelete
- Q12Which of the following European countries built plantation colonies in what is now the Southeastern region of the United States?EnglandSpainFrancePortugal30sEditDelete
- Q13The ideas of Capitalism and mercantilism come from the Age of Exploration. these two ideas form the basis of a market economy. what two factors control the ideas of capitalism, mercantilism, and Market economy?importing and exportingSupply and Demandcommerce and investmentColumbian Exchange and Triangle Trade30sEditDelete
- Q14Europeans learned about ht e astrolabe through contact with which of the following people?Traders from IndiaWest AfricansNative AmericansArab Traders30sEditDelete
- Q15What was one of the specific advancements that had the largest impact on the Age of Exploration was?CompassGun PowderAstrolabeCaravel30sEditDelete
- Q16How did the Spanish conquistadors defeat the Aztecs, Incas and other Native American groups?By greatly out numbering them.With the use of guns, horses, disease, treachery and fear.By using the Native Americans' own weapons against them.By converting those Native American groups into Christians.30sEditDelete
- Q17The Line of Demarcation was created to benefit what two countries during the Age of Exploration?Spain and EnglandPortugal and FranceSpain and the DutchPortugal and Spain30sEditDelete
- Q18Which of the following did Capitalists believe?It wanted to keep government out of business.It placed little emphasis on the principle of supply and demand.It discouraged investment by entrepreneurs.It favored government regulation of business.30sEditDelete
- Q19Why did Europeans risk their lives sailing to the unknown?They wanted to find a water passage to India and China for goods.They were looking for North and South America.They were looking for rich farmland to grow spices.They anted to test their new navigational equipment.30sEditDelete
- Q20What was the primary economic activity in the West Indies?Settler ColoniesTrading postsPlantationsManufacturing30sEditDelete
