European Exploration

Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?

• wealth
• religious conversion
• spread disease
• economic opportunity

Many of the first European explorers went exploring in search of gold and riches.
True or False

• True
• False

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean. 

• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Artic

Who is credited with discovering the Americas?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Francissco Pizzario
• Hernan Cortes

Who sponsored Columbus' expedition to the Americas?

• Italy
• Spain
• France
• England

What was responsible for the death of so many Native Americans?

• Advanced Weaponry
• Tribal Warfare
• Hernan Cortes
• Disease