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Age of Exploration Test

Quiz by Anser Pierre Louis

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  • Q1
    The reason that Europe first began exploring was to find a sea route from Europe to:
    Africa
    North America
    Asia
    Antarctica
    30s
  • Q2
    The first known man to have one of his ships circumnavigate the globe was:
    Ferdinand Magellan
    Vasco Da Gama
    Hernan Cortes
    Christopher Columbus
    30s
  • Q3
    The term “circumnavigate” means to:
    sail completely around the world
    Find a map
    Use a compass
    use an astrolabe
    30s
  • Q4
    The first continent that Europeans tried to find their way around in order to reach India by water:
    Asia
    Africa
    South America
    North America
    30s
  • Q5
    The first country to begin exploring by sea to reach the spice trade in the Indies was:
    India
    Spain
    Netherlands
    Portugal
    30s
  • Q6
    The first Portuguese man to reach India by water was named:
    Vasco da Gama
    Fernando Venezuela
    Bernal Diaz
    Marvin Acme
    30s
  • Q7
    This instrument helped sailors know what direction they were headed:
    Map
    atrolabe
    Compass
    caravel
    30s
  • Q8
    Columbus was different from other explorers because he planned to sail:
    Through the continent of Europe
    Sail south.
    West to reach China
    sail east to reach Brazil
    30s
  • Q9
    How was Magellan similar to Columbus?
    They both thought sailing south was the quickest way to reach Newfoundland.
    They have nothing in common.
    They both wanted to sail west to end up in the East.
    They were both Portuguese
    30s
  • Q10
    Food and animals were exchanged between the New World and the Old World in what was called the:
    Nasdaq
    NYSE
    Columbian Exchange
    Chicago Exchange
    30s
  • Q11
    This animal was introduced in the New World as a beast of burden by the Europeans:
    panther
    Horse
    Llama
    chicken
    30s
  • Q12
    This “beast of burden” provided people in the Americas with”
    the ability to hunt rats to prevent Bubonic Plague
    Eggs
    Labor and transportation
    meat
    30s
  • Q13
    In mercantilism, why do colonies exist?
    so the mother country can profit
    For people to have jobs
    Provide housing for overpopulation
    to stimulate the economy
    30s
  • Q14
    How did the Atlantic slave trade originate?
    Because mercantilism proved too difficult to manage
    The Pacific was easy to cross and cheap to ship slaves.
    Indentured servants wanted too much money
    The native populations died off in the Americas due to disease
    30s
  • Q15
    Which European country took the lead in the exploration and colonization of Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the early 1400s?
    Portugal
    B) France
    C) England
    D) Switzerland
    30s

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