Age of Discovery - Test Review

Which factor contributed most to the desire of European colonial powers to control trade in Southeast Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Demand for spices grown in the region

Which list below provides the best explanation of the Early Modern era in Europe from 1450-1750?

Exploration, expansion, empires

Which of the following foods that is native to the Americas became a staple of the European diet after the 16th century?

Potatoes

One way the Catholic Church aided the Spanish conquest of the Americas was by —

sending missionaries to convert native populations

How did the Columbian Exchange bring devastation to the natives of the Americas?

through the introduction of smallpox from Europe

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in what part of the Western Hemisphere?

Caribbean islands

How did the Columbian Exchange impact societies in both the Americas and Europe?

Culture diffused as people migrated to new places.

Which of the following was a main reason for European colonization of the Western Hemisphere in the 16th century?

Economic opportunity

How did the introduction of horses to North America alter the lifestyles of American Indian tribes?

Horses made hunting easier.

The travels of which of the following individuals encouraged further European exploration of East Asia?

Marco Polo

Which of the following encouraged European explorers to attempt ocean crossings?

New navigational technologies and ship construction

Why did the introduction of European diseases through the Columbian Exchange have such devastating effects on American Indian tribes?

The American Indians had no opportunity to build up immunity.

How did European exploration of the Americas change trade patterns?

The Europeans developed a global commercial network.

What political and economic challenge encouraged Europe to embark on the Age of Discovery?

The Ottoman Empire controlled the major trade routes.

How did the Columbian Exchange impact the European economy?

The introduction of new goods contributed to economic growth.

Which new social pattern emerged in colonial South America as a result of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

The population of the region became more ethnically mixed.

What effect did the huge military and naval buildup of China under the Ming Dynasty have?

They controlled trade in the Pacific and Indian Oceans for some time

What is one reason many people captured in West Africa for the Atlantic slave trade never arrived in the Americas?

They died from poor conditions during trans-Atlantic crossings.

How did colonies contribute to the development of European mercantilism?

They supplied a variety of raw materials for trade.

How were trade conditions in Europe a cause of the Age of Discovery in the fourteenth century?

To bypass Italian merchants, European traders sought a direct sea route to Asia.

A direct result of European exploration was —

a competition for colonies among European leaders

How did the expansion of Atlantic slave trade impact West African societies?

an escalation of violence and warfare

The Ottomans established a strong trading empire in the seventeenth century by —

controlling the eastern Mediterranean and numerous overland trade routes

All of the following are major reasons for European exploration and expansion from 1450 to 1750 EXCEPT _______________ .

desire to spread democracy and capitalism around the world

One of the primary motivations for European exploration in the fifteenth and sixteen centuries was to —

engage directly in the Indian Ocean spice trade

What was the result of the Triangular Trade which followed the exploration of the Americas?

growth of plantation agriculture especially in the southern colonies

By financing risky voyages of exploration, European rulers of the 16th and 17th centuries hoped to gain all of the following except

immigrants

One effect of European expansion in the 16th and 17th centuries was that it —

introduced slavery to the Western Hemisphere

Which motivation of European explorers contributed to sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean?

introducing Christianity to the people of the Americas

As a result of the Columbian Exchange, western Europeans were introduced to —

new food crops that improved the European diet

All of the following were effects of the slave trade across the Atlantic except

the cotton gin was developed to finally replace slaves.