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Age of Exploration Practice Quiz II

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  1. 1Prince [blank_start]Henry the Navigator[blank_end] (three words) who helped [blank_start]Portugal[blank_end] (country) to become a major exploring nation by setting up a school of navigation.
    1. AHenry the Navigator
    2. BPortugal
  2. 2[blank_start]Bartholomeu Dias[blank_end] was the first European to around the southern tip of Africa, into the Indian Ocean and named the tip the Cape of Good Hope.
    1. ABartholomeu Dias
    2. BVasco Da Gama
    3. CFerdinand Magellan
    4. DPedro Cabral
  3. 3[blank_start]Vasco da Gama[blank_end] sailed around the tip of Africa and into the ndian Ocean on to India. This established a trade route between Portugal and Asia (India).
    1. AVasco da Gama
    2. BBartholomeu Dias
    3. CFerdinand Magellan
    4. DAmerigo Vespucci
  4. 4[blank_start]Pedro Cabral[blank_end] claimed Brazil for [blank_start]Portugal[blank_end] which allowed that country to have a claim to the east coast of South America.
    1. APedro Cabral
    2. BAmerigo Vespucci
    3. CFerdinand Magellan
    4. DBartolomé de Las Casas
    5. EPortugal
    6. FSpain
    7. GFrance
    8. HEngland
  5. 5[blank_start]Christopher Columbus[blank_end] (First and Last Name) thought he had reached Asia. but instead landed off of a set of islands off the coast of [blank_start]North America[blank_end] (Continent).
    1. AChristopher Columbus
    2. BNorth America
  6. 6Drag the name of the explorer to the dot that represents route. (Place on the dot)Image for question 6
    1. AMagellan
    2. BColumbus
    3. CDa Gama
    4. DDias
    5. EVaspucci
  7. 7Place the correct answer next to the appropriate dot.Image for question 7
    1. AMiddle Passage
    2. BSlave Trade
    3. CTriangular Trade
    4. DColumbian Exchange
    5. ECotton, tobacco, sugar, Rum
    6. FCotton goods, guns, Liquor
    7. GSlaves
    8. HSmallpox
    9. IHorses
  8. 8Match the explorers with their routes.Image for question 8
    1. AColumbus
    2. BDe Soto
    3. CPizarro
    4. DCortez
    5. EColumbus
    6. FPizzaro
    7. GCortez
    8. HCoronado
    9. IColumbus
    10. JBalboa
    11. KCortez
    12. LPizarro
  9. 9Bartolomé de [blank_start]Las Casas[blank_end] was a Spanish friar who began the African slave trade in America when he convinced Charles V to enslave Africans instead of Native Americans.
    1. ALas Casas
    2. BSoto
    3. CGama
    4. DLa Salle
  10. 10Check all the boxes that applies to the impact of the European slave trade on Africa
    1. AIt depopulated some regions of Africa
    2. Bit deprived some communities of their youngest and strongest
    3. CEuropean gold and silver shifted the balance of power within Africa
    4. DIt broke down African culture
    5. EEuropeans divided Africa among themselves
    6. FGuns shifted the balance of power in Africa
    7. GEuropean slave trade occurred throughout the entire coast of Africa

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