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What was the Age of Discovery?
A period in which people believed that all knowledge came from experience.
A period in which European ships traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners.
An artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that was originated in Europe
The Age of Discovery is also called...
Age of Death
Age of Wealth
Age of Exploration
The period of the Age of Discovery was...
between the 15th and 17th centuries.
between the 13th and 15th centuries.
between the 16th and 20th centuries.
Two important empires during explorations were...
Indian and Chinese empire
Portuguese and Spanish empire
African and Spanish empire
What were Europeans searching...
Gold, silver and spices
People
Animals and plants
Some famous explorers were...
Vasco Da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Leonardo Da Vinci.
Christopher Columbus, Giotto Di Bondone, Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco Da Gama
What did vasco da gama discover?
The sea route to India
The sea route to America
The sea route to Europe
What did Pedro Álvares Cabral discover?
South America
Mexico
Brazil
What is Henry the Navigator best known for?
He paid to Portuguese sailors to explore the west coast of Africa.
He traveled the whole world.
He discovered the Americas
What did Christopher Columbus discover?
Asia
The Americas
Africa
Date of the Discovery of America
October 12th, 1942
October 12th, 1492
October 14th, 1492
Name of Columbus ships...
the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria
the Niña, Linda and Santa Maria
the Niña, Pinta and Santa Martha
These countries stablished some colonies in the New World...
Great Britain and India
Great Britain and The Netherlands
Great Britain and Germany
Methods of navigation and mapping improved,
True
False
They didn't accumulate enormous wealth because of the goods they found in the New World.
True
False
Many food, plants and animals were exchanged between the colonies and Europe.
True
False
Some of the products they found in the Americas were...
Coffee beans, bananas and cacao.
Cacao, hot peppers and corn.
Pineapple, rice and oats.
Indigenous people weren't very affected because of the hard work and the diseases they brought.
True
False
The Atlantic slave trade was...
the transportation of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.
the ammount of money they paid to people who worked for them.
a way to recognize the hard work Africans did,
The impact of the Age of Discovery persists to this day.
True
False
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