Exploration

 Which number on the map represents the Atlantic Ocean?

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Why did Europeans risk their lives sailing to the unknown?

• Europeans wanted to find a water passage to India and China for goods and to make money
• Europeans wanted to test their new navigational equipment.
• Europeans were looking for North and South America.
• Europeans were looking for rich farmland to grow spices

Which route represents the path taken by the European explorer Christopher Columbus?

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Why was the "Line of Demarcation" created in the late 1490s?

• to set up boundaries for the Jamestown Settlement
• to divide the land owned by Great Britain and America
• to outline the land that native people would have rights to compared to settlers
• to set up boundaries for Spain and Portugal which referred to newly discovered territories

 · Plants were spread from one continent to another.· Animals and diseases were introduced to new areas.· Populations were destroyed by foreign contact.· The process began in the late 15th century.  All of these are describing

• the Silk Roads.
• scientific discovery.
• the Columbian Exchange.
• circumnavigation of the world.

Which technological innovation had the MOST direct impact on European exploration in the 15th century?

• steam engine
• printing press
• paper currency
• navigational compass

The voyages of European exploration during the 15th and 16th centuries were made possible MAINLY by

• the Protestant Reformation.
• the success of The Crusades.
• better navigational technologies
• a desire to prove the Earth was round.

The desire for spices and other trade goods was a direct cause of

• American expansion into Africa and Asia.
• Asian expansion into the Americas and Europe.
• African exploration of the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
• European exploration and colonization of the Americas, Africa, and Asia.

What was an effect of Europeans finding new lands?

• The explorers carried guns that they got from the Native Americans 
• The explorers enslaved Native Americans and Africans.
• The explorers encouraged missionaries to adopt Native American’s beliefs.
• Europeans didn’t change the society that was already in place

What would have been the MOST common European language found in the area in red?

• Spainish
• English
• Dutch
• French