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- 1. Multiple Choice
Marco Polo influenced the Age of Exploration by
returning with valuable silks, teas and spices from Asia
teaching explorers how to build effective ships
developing a social class system for explorers on ships
successfully circumnavigating the globe
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why did the explorers travel by sea, rather than land, to reach Asia?
Living on a boat was an easier way of life than traveling by land.
The Ottoman Turks taught the Spanish and Portuguese how to build boats.
The Ottoman Turks prevented people from passing through their land.
The great European horse plague made it difficult to travel by land.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did Vasco de Gama do before any other European explorer?
He successfully reached Latin America by ship.
He successfully reached India by ship.
He successfully reached Africa by ship.
He successfully reached Portugal by ship.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why did Christopher Columbus think he had landed in India?
He underestimated the distance around the world.
People in the Caribbean spoke Hindi.
He thought the world was flat.
The spices he found were identical to those in India.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What two countries dominated trade during the Age of Exploration?
Spain and Italy
Portugal and England
France and England
Spain and Portugal
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following goods shared in the Columbian exchange came from the Americas?
Cows
Cats
Coffee
Chocolate
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was a negative effect of the Columbian exchange?
People tasted no new foods.
Farmers in the Americas ran out of crops to grow.
Diseases such as measles and smallpox were spread.
Europe suffered from a shortage of horses for battle.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the line of demarcation between Spain and Portugal?
Spain and Portugal became the most influential countries during the Age of Exploration.
People in Brazil speak Portuguese.
Prince Henry the Navigator explored the African coast.
Spain and Portugal claimed ownership of land they hadn't discovered yet.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Circumnavigation means to
discover new land
travel completely around something, such as the globe
settle in a new continent
trade goods with another people
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which statement about life at sea during the Age of Exploration is true?
Pages were the highest ranking people on the ships.
The captain was the highest ranking person on the ship.
The social ranks on ships were completely different than on land.
Medicine of the time prevented people from getting sick.
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