Age of Exploration

Question 1

Why did the Europe start water trade?

Answer 1

They got new technology that they could use to improve water travel. The prices for overland trade also got pricier.

Question 2

Name 4 inventions that were used to explore through unknown water.

Answer 2

Ex. Astrolabe, Compass, Caravel, Mounted Canon.

Question 3

What were some setbacks that stopped people from wanting to explore the ocean?

Answer 3

Ex. Money and Resources, Strong Waves, Extreme Temperatures, The Unknown.

Question 4

What were the five most famous trade routes before 1450?

Answer 4

Trans-Saharan Routes, Old Salt Routes, Amber Road, Incense Trade Routes, Tea Horse Road.

Question 5

Who began Age of Exploration?

Answer 5

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 6

What did Prince Henry find?

Answer 6

School of Navigation in Sugres, at the southwestern tip of Portugal.

Question 7

What did Lagos do?

Answer 7

Sail beyond Capa Bojador.

Question 8

What did Alvise Cadamasto discover?

Answer 8

The Cape Verde Islands.

Question 9

What did Joan Goncalves Zarco and Tristao Vas Taixerian discover?

Answer 9

Islands of Porto Santo.

Question 10

What did the Portuguese sea-men discover in 1431?

Answer 10

The Azores Islands.

Question 11

How Islands do the Azores islands consist of and how many parts are they divided into?

Answer 11

9 different islands with 3 different parts.

Question 12

What is Archipelago?

Answer 12

A wide stretch of water w/ many scattered islands

Question 13

Who rounded the Cape of Good Hope?

Answer 13

Bartolomen Dias

Question 14

Who found the islands of Dominica Guadeloupe and Jamaica?

Answer 14

Christopher Columbus

Question 15

What did Columbus discover in 1498?

Answer 15

Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and Margarita.

Question 16

What does C.C. stand for?

Answer 16

Columbian Exchange

Question 17

What is the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 17

The exchange of plants, animals, goods, foods, religion, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.

Question 18

Name 10 explorers (that aren’t Christopher Columbus).

Answer 18

Ex. Hernando de Soto, Francisco Pizzaro, Henry Hudson, Amerigo Vespucci, Francisco de Coronado, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Ferdinand Magellan, Antonio de Abreu, etc.

Question 19

What did European exploration lead to?

Answer 19

European colonization.

Question 20

What were the three goals of colonization?

Answer 20

Wealth, Resources, Territorial Possessions

Question 21

What were the impacts of colonization?

Answer 21

Economic, technological, social, and geographical.

Question 22

What is Mercantilism?

Answer 22

An economic system which proposes that governments can make a nation more prosperous by maximizing exports and minimizing imports.

Question 23

What is the belief of Mercantilism?

Answer 23

That mother countries could grow wealth by regulating trade through tariffs and other protective measures.

Question 24

What is protectionism?

Answer 24

Theory or practice of shielding a country’s industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.

Question 25

How did mercantilism favor the mother country and put the colonized areas at a disadvantage?

Answer 25

The mother country used the colonies as a source of materials for manufactured goods. The mother country used to colonies for the benefit of themselves.

Question 26

Why did violence and smuggling arise due to mercantilist practices?

Answer 26

The colony didn’t want to pay the taxes and would rebel against the government. They would smuggle things out and would fight against tariffs/taxes.

Question 27

What were the main countries in Europe that colonized in America.

Answer 27

Spain, France, England, Portugal, and the Netherlands.