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Random Age of Exploration Questions
100
Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.
What is Christopher Columbus
100
What wast the period of time called that officially began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. This period is thought of as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. In addition, some explorers set sail to simply learn more about the world.
What is The Age of Exploration or known as The Age of Discovery.
100

How many Africans were shipped when sailing to the Americas? 

over 10 million 

100
List three products that were e​xported ​to the “Old World”.
What is (answers will vary)
100

What parts of the world contributed to the Middle Passage?

New World (Americas), Old World (Europe), Africa 

200
A Portuguese navigator, he commanded an expedition that was the first to travel across the world (1480-1521)
What is Ferdinand Magellan
200

was an Italian explorer and the first guy to finally realize that Cabot and Columbus were NOT in Asia, but they had been in a new land. America was named after him. On his voyages I was looking for gold to take back to Spain.

What is Amerigo Vespucci

200
What were the three goals that explorers tried to accomplish when setting out to explore? This was also known as the "3 G's"
What is .... 1. Glory (Fame and developing strong reputation) 2 Gold (trade routes to Asia and to become wealthy) 3. God (to spread Christianity)
200

List three products that were imported into the "New World".

What is (answers will vary)

200

Countries who practiced mercantilism believed export or import would make their country more wealthy?

export 

300
a Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince. Although he rarely participated in explorations, he sent many expeditions from Portugal to the west coast of Africa, and was responsible for Portugal’s influence in the Great Age of Exploration. His school of navigation resulted in a breakthrough for Portuguese navigation.
What is Prince Henry (Henry the Navigator)
300

Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro was looking for Peru, and found it, along with an entire civilization. He found gold and took it while enslaving and murdering thousands. He achieved my goals by claiming Peru for Spain. What empire did he conquer?

What is the Incan Empire

300
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?
What is he thought he reached the East Indies (India area)
300

List 3 things exported or imported from Africa 

Answers will Vary 

300

The Spanish claimed that the _________ system would benefit both settlers and Indians. What was this system called?

Encomienda System

-Spanish colonists were granted a tract of land in the new world and “given” the inhabitants to work on it; basically the Native Americans became enslaved

400
Who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India? His success in doing so proved to be one of the more instrumental moments in the history of navigation. He subsequently made two other voyages to India, and was appointed as Portuguese viceroy in India in 1524.
What is Vasco da Gama
400

a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.

What is Hernando Cortes

400

Explain the Triangular Trade, one of the effects of the Columbian Exchange.

What is 1. Tobacco, sugar, grown products to Europe 2. Tea, manufactured goods, etc. made from raw materials from the New World. These goods were sent to the colonies of Africa and eventually the colonies of the "new world". 3. Slaves from Africa were sent to the "new world".

400
List the remaining items that were imported into the "new world."
What is...(remaining items not mentioned in above answer)
400

During the Columbian Exchange, why did Europeans consider "Diets"?

  • Better nutrition leads to longer life expectancy

  • Also leads to population growth in Europe, Africa, & Asia

500

The first European to sail around the tip of Africa, calling it the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. He opened the doors for seafaring trade with India.

What is Bartolomeu Dias

500

Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.

What is... 1. Use of African slaves 2. Spread of Diseases to the New World.

500

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

What is divided the land in the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal

500

Explain two positive effects of the Columbian Exchange on the entire world.

What is.....New ideas and products being exchanged between various parts of the world, etc.

500

What were some diseases that killed millions of Native Americans due to outside contamination?

measles, smallpox, mumps, whooping cough, influenza, chicken pox, and typhus.

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