Global Contact

Question 1

Which European is credited with ushering in the Age of Exploration?

Answer 1

Prince Henry

Question 2

Which best describes a reason that Europeans set forth on voyages of exploration in the 1400s?

Answer 2

They were looking for new trade routes to Asia.

Question 3

Which country sponsored Columbus’s expedition that discovered the Americas?

Answer 3

Spain

Question 4

What were explorers hoping to find by searching for the Northwest Passage?

Answer 4

a sea route to Asia across North America

Question 5

Which country colonized the region that is now Brazil?

Answer 5

Portugal

Question 6

Which Native American empires did Spanish conquistadors conquer?

Answer 6

Aztec and Inca

Question 7

To which New World location were the most enslaved Africans sent to work?

Answer 7

sugar cane plantations in the West Indies

Question 8

What crop spurred population growth in Europe after it was brought to Europe from the Americas?

Answer 8

potatoes

Question 9

Which best describes a joint-stock company?

Answer 9

a company owned by investors who share the profits

Question 10

Which European country was the first to ship African slaves to the Americas?

Answer 10

Portugal