Age of Exploration Test

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Standard 6-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the age of European exploration and
settlement in the New World.
6-6.1 Use a map to illustrate the principal routes of exploration and trade between Europe, Asia, Africa,
and the Americas during the age of European exploration.

1. On the attached map, illustrate the principal routes of exploration and trade between Europe, Asia,
Africa, and the Americas during the age of European exploration.
6-6.2 Compare the incentives of the various European countries to explore and settle new lands.

Using the map that you completed for number one, apply your knowledge of European
exploration and analyze the reasons why, where, and how each European nation explored and
settled during this time. In your analysis make sure to explain each nation’s economic,
political, and social motivations for exploring.

2. Portugal:

3. England

4. France

5. Spain
 6. Choose two of the nations above to analyze. Write your analysis of how these two
countries were alike and different in regards to their motivations for exploration.

6-6.3 Illustrate the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technology throughout Europe, Asia,
Africa, and the Americas (known as the Columbian Exchange), and explain the effect on people of
these regions.

7. On the attached map, illustrate the Columbian Exchange. For each continent involved,
list at least one product that each traded with the others.
 Pick two resources that were part of the Columbian Exchange. Analyze the impact of these
exchanges on the recipient cultures.

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10. Choose one of the three resources you labeled on the map of the Columbian Exchange.
Defend your opinion that this resource was either the most beneficial or the most destructive
on the recipient culture.
The Columbian Exchange Map