Exploration Quiz

Why was slavery started again?

• It was started again because the natives were too expensive to pay.
• More farmers were needed in Europe after all the peasants left to the New World.
• More workers were needed in the New World after many of the natives died of disease.
• Europeans just discovered Africa and saw that the Africans could be easily tricked.

Exploration and the claiming of lands in the New World led to a war between what two countries?

• England and Spain
• France and England
• Spain and Portugal
• Netherlands and Portugal

What was the cause of most of the deaths of natives in the New World?

• Disease
• War
• Wild animal attacks
• Imprisonment 

What percentage of the native population of the Americas died as a result of disease?

• 10 - 20%
• 25 - 50%
• 50 - 90%
• Over 90%

What was the result of all of the resources and wealth being transferred back to Europe?

• Diseases ravaged Europe populations
• Too many people left Europe causing a population decline
• The decrease in wealth caused many wars
• A population boom

Why didn't the French, English or Netherlands initially setup colonies in the lands they discovered?

• They found little gold or other valuable resources
• The natives were too strong
• The climate was too hot
• Their kings forbid the claiming of new lands

Who was first to discover the Americas?

• Portugal
• England
• France
• Spain

What was the purpose of the later Spanish Exploration after a passage to India was found?

• To find new foods
• To conquer the Natives and take their gold
• Find a passage to Africa
• To fight the Muslims

What was the primary motivation for the Spanish to begin exploration?

• Find new foods
• Fight the Muslims
• Find a passage to Africa
• Find a Western passage to India

Who was the first to find a sea route to India?

• Spain
• Portugal
• England
• France