WORLD HISTORY; Age of Exploration Test

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade," the British imported approximately how many slaves to their colonies?

2.1 million

An increase in business activity due to colonization caused which of the following?

A new class of wealthier merchants emerged in Europe.

Spanish colonization of the Americas resulted in the deaths of millions of Native Americans from;

All of the above (Overworking them, Epidemic diseases, Mistreatment)

Which explorer concluded that the land discovered by Columbus was not part of Asia, but a new land.

Amerigo Vespucci

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade," the greatest number of African slaves were taken to;

Brazil.

Led an expedition to Peru and conquered the Inca Empire.

Francisco Pizarro

What commodity MOST measures the amount of wealth a country has in the early 16th century?

Gold

A Portuguese prince who was a patron and supporter of explorers.

Henry the Navigator

Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire

Hernan Cortes

One leg of triangular trade network and most violent.

Middle Passage

English colony started by the Pilgrims.

Plymouth

The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration thanks to Prince Henry's navigation school was;

Portugal

Which country promoted slavery the most due to the amount of sugar plantations in their control?

Portugal

Mercantilists would advocate that a nation do which of the following?

Sell more goods than it buys from foreign countries.

The conflict that sided Native Americans on both parties due to location and allies and led to the British gaining territory up to the Mississippi river was known as;

The French and Indian War

Which of the following was one result of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

The New World was split unfairly between Spain and Portugal.

According to the map titled "The Slave Trade," where were most slave forts located?

The west coast of Africa

The first European to reach India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.

Vasco da Gama

In the passage above by Olaudah Equiano, he describes;

a slave ship.

Sailors could calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon with the;

astrolabe

How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration?

by awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe

The taking over of another land for economic, social, and/or religious purposes is called;

colonization

The ultimate goal of early English, Dutch, and French explorers was to;

find a passage to Asia.

The ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers was to;

find a water route around Africa to India.

The economy of New France was based on;

fish and fur trading.

Spread risk and profit among many investors.

joint-stock companies

Nation's strength depended on how much gold and silver it possessed

mercantilism

The Spanish colonial economy was based largely on;

the mining of gold and silver.

The contact between explorers and Native Americans led to sweeping changes in cultures for both societies. Contact between the cultures led to something called the Columbian Exchange which is;

the widespread exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between several continents.

All of the following were reasons European planters in the Americas began to use Africans for slave labor except;

they were more knowledgeable and skilled farmers