European Exploration

Which of the following is not a motive for exploration?

• God
• Glory
• Gold
• Gummies

Why did Europeans want spices from Asia?

• Spices help preserve food and mask flavors of spoiled food.
• Spices were not grown in Europe, so they had to be traded with Asian markets.
• Spices were used in making medicine, perfumes, and incenses.
• all of the above

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?

• wealth
• religious conversion
• spread disease
• economic opportunity

Columbus thought that he had arrived at  ___________, and therefore called the Natives he met Indians.

• Cathay
• Africa
• America
• India

I believed I could reach Asia by traveling west across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.  I asked the king and queen of Spain to pay for my journey.

• Cabot
• de Leon
• Columbus
• Cortes

What was the Columbian Exchange? 

• The global exchange of plants, food, diseases, and people over continents
• A method of currency created by Christopher Columbus
• The exchange of slave labor from Africa to the Americas
• The movement of people from the Americas to Europe

Which of the following is a way exploration affected the natives of the Americas?

• They contracted many diseases and many died
• They were treated well by the Europeans
• They were exposed to llamas 
• They were provided with potatoes by the Europeans

The man proved Columbus wrong, and said that Columbus really landed in the New World not Asia like everyone thought. America is named after him. 

• Bartholomew Dias
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Marco Polo

Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus' expeditions?

• Italy
• Portugal
• Spain
• England