Reasons for Exploration

The 3 G's of Exploration stood for...

• God, gold, & glory

• God, good times, & girls

• Glory, gold, & gore

• God, gold, & goodies

What is the significance of the date 1607?

• The start of the age of exploration

• The Mayflower set sail

• The founding of Jamestown

• The founding of Plymouth

When did Columbus reach the New World?

• 1492
• 1493
• 1997
• 1491

Which country was Columbus sailing for when he left searching for a quick route to the Indies?

• Spain
• Portugal
• France
• England

Why did so many countries want to find an easier trade route to Asia?

• spices and silks were expensive, so the countries wanted to bring down the cost of travel

• spices and silks weren't wanted, so people wanted to block others from find them

• All the countries hate each other, so they figured that they'd find the route to make each other angry

• It was a competition. The winning country got a prize.

The first country to try to find a better trade route to Asia by sea was ____ and they went _____.

• England; The Northwest Passage

• Spain; West to the Americas

• France; through the Mediterranean Sea

• Portugal ; around the tip of Africa

Who were the three main powerful countries that were involved in the Age of Exploration? (in the correct order)

• Spain, Germany, and France

• England, France, & Spain

• Italy, Spain, and Portugal

• Portugal, Spain, & France

The Age of Exploration was to find a better trade route to?

• Germany and Russia

• China and India

• The Middle East

• Korea and Japan

Where did Columbus believe that he had landed at the end of his 1492 voyage?

• The West Indies (or Asia)

• North America

  (or Ohio)

• South America

• The East Indies (or Asia)

Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to discover the Americas.

• True

• False