The Silk Road/Age of Exploration Intro
New Technology
Columbian Exchange
Triangular Trade
Misc.
100

What was the Silk Road?

a. The road used to sell silk to different countries.

b. Several routes from Europe to Asia used to trade goods.

c. A road paved with silk.

Several routes from Europe to Asia used to trade goods.

100

What is a navigational tool with a magnetic needle that points north; used by sailors to find direction?

Magnetic compass

100

What was the Columbian Exchange?

a. The exchange of Columbian slaves

b. The trading of goods between Columbia and Europe.

c. The exchange of goods between the Old World and New World.

c. The exchange of goods between the Old World and New World.

100

What was the Trianglur Trade?

a. A trade of goods and people among different continents.

b. Trading enslaved people between Britain and Africa.

c. The importing of goods between Britain and the Americas.

a. A trade of goods and people among different continents.

100

What is a Conquistador?

a. The name for an explorer.

b. Spanish explorers who wanted to conquer lands in Africa and the Americas.

c. The name of the people who were conquered by explorers.

b. Spanish explorers who wanted to conquer lands in Africa and the Americas.

200

Traveling the Silk Road was dangerous and traders would often travel in groups called:

a. caravels

b. caravans

c. mercantilism

b. caravans

200

What are triangular sails which allowed ships to sail “against the wind?"

Lateen sails

200

Which of the following came from the Old World? Select all that apply.

a. Livestock

b. Horses

c. Tomatoes

d. Pigs

e. Diseases

f. Grains

Livestock

Horses

Pigs

Disease

200

What was a negative effect of the Triangle of Trade?

a. Countries didn’t have any use for the goods being traded.

b. It took to long to receive goods.

c. The high need for cheap labor led to more African people being kidnapped and forced into slavery.

c. The high need for cheap labor led to more African people being kidnapped and forced into slavery.

200

4. What was not a difficulty of sailing?

a. Dangerous storms.

b. Having accurate maps.

c. Developing Scurvy from lack of fruit.

d. Food that was infested with bugs and rats.

b. Having accurate maps.

300

Which was not a reason for The Age of Exploration?

a. To find a new trade route to Asia

b. To spread Christianity.

c. To run away from their country.

d. To find new land and begin a new life.

c. To run away from their country.

300

What is a small, fast ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese explorers for long journeys?

Caravel

300

Which of the following came from the New World? Select all that apply.

a. Livestock

b. Grains

c. Corn

d. Diseases

e. Tomatoes

f. Squash

Squash

Tomatoes

Corn

grains

300

Which 3 continents were involved in the Triangular Trade?

Europe

Africa

America

300

What does "circumnavigate" mean?

to navigate completely around, especially by water.

400

 Why was it called "The Silk Road?"

Silk had been used in China but how it was made was kept a secret from outsiders. Chinese silk was very valuable. Then, a trading route was established where silk could be transported and sold across Asia and into Europe.

400

What is an instrument used by sailors to measure the position of the stars? 

Astrolabe

400

True or False:

Many conquistadors wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity and honor only One God.

True

400

Which group of people (continent) benefitted the most from the development of the Triangular Trade?

Europeans (Europe)

400

What were the "3 G’s" that motivated the Conquistadors to explore and take over other lands?

Gold

God 

Glory

500

Which countries were involved in the Age of Exploration? (name at least 4 out of 5)

England

Spain

France

Portugal

The Netherlands


500

What is an instrument that kept very accurate time and was used by sailors to find their longitude?

Chronometer

500

What was a positive effect and a negative effect of the Columbian exchange?

New foods were introduced to the Old World and New World

Diseases were brought to the New World and killed many Native Americans

The exchange of humans - introduction of slave trade in the Triangular Trade 

500

Name one thing that each continent contributed to the Triangle of Trade.

Americas: ____________

Europe: ______________

Africa: _______________

America- raw materials

Europe- Goods, textiles, weapons

Africa- enslaved peoples

500

What effect did the Conquistadors have on Native American Tribes?

Native Americans wiped out

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