Age of Exploration Test
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- Q1The reason that Europe first began exploring was to find a sea route from Europe to:AfricaNorth AmericaAsiaAntarctica30s
- Q2The first known man to have one of his ships circumnavigate the globe was:Ferdinand MagellanVasco Da GamaHernan CortesChristopher Columbus30s
- Q3The term “circumnavigate” means to:sail completely around the worldFind a mapUse a compassuse an astrolabe30s
- Q4The first continent that Europeans tried to find their way around in order to reach India by water:AsiaAfricaSouth AmericaNorth America30s
- Q5The first country to begin exploring by sea to reach the spice trade in the Indies was:IndiaSpainNetherlandsPortugal30s
- Q6The first Portuguese man to reach India by water was named:Vasco da GamaFernando VenezuelaBernal DiazMarvin Acme30s
- Q7This instrument helped sailors know what direction they were headed:MapatrolabeCompasscaravel30s
- Q8Columbus was different from other explorers because he planned to sail:Through the continent of EuropeSail south.West to reach Chinasail east to reach Brazil30s
- Q9How 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 Portuguese30s
- Q10Food and animals were exchanged between the New World and the Old World in what was called the:NasdaqNYSEColumbian ExchangeChicago Exchange30s
- Q11This animal was introduced in the New World as a beast of burden by the Europeans:pantherHorseLlamachicken30s
- Q12This “beast of burden” provided people in the Americas with”the ability to hunt rats to prevent Bubonic PlagueEggsLabor and transportationmeat30s
- Q13In mercantilism, why do colonies exist?so the mother country can profitFor people to have jobsProvide housing for overpopulationto stimulate the economy30s
- Q14How did the Atlantic slave trade originate?Because mercantilism proved too difficult to manageThe Pacific was easy to cross and cheap to ship slaves.Indentured servants wanted too much moneyThe native populations died off in the Americas due to disease30s
- Q15Which European country took the lead in the exploration and colonization of Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the early 1400s?PortugalB) FranceC) EnglandD) Switzerland30s