Question

age of exploration

1. europeans searched for new trade routes to ____ and to spread ____.
2. the ______ exchange was the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases.
3. the ____ passage forcibly transported enslaved africans. 9. the economic policy in which colonies serve the mother country is ____.
4. ____ conquered the aztecs; ____ conquered the incas.

Explanation:

Question 6:

Europeans during the Age of Exploration sought new trade routes to Asia (for spices, silk, etc.) and to spread Christianity. So the blanks would be filled with "Asia" (for the trade route destination) and "Christianity" (for what they spread).

Question 7:

The Columbian Exchange was the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) and the New World (Americas) after Columbus' voyages.

Question 8:

The Middle Passage was the part of the triangular trade where enslaved Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

Question 9:

The economic policy in which colonies serve the mother country is Mercantilism. Mercantilism emphasized that colonies existed to provide raw materials to the mother country and buy finished goods from it, to increase the mother country’s wealth.

Question 10:

Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztecs (in present - day Mexico), and Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas (in present - day Peru).

Answer:

1. Asia; Christianity
2. Columbian
3. Middle
4. Mercantilism
5. Hernán Cortés; Francisco Pizarro