European Exploration Test

1) Why did Europeans begin to explore the world around them beginning in the 1400's?

• They were being invaded

• They wanted new trade routes away from Asia

• They wanted new trade routes to Asia

• Europe was under siege by the plague

2) Of the following reasons which one would NOT have been a reason for the European Age of Exploration?

• More land

• spread Chistianity

• establish new/wealthy trade routes

• invasion by Asian countries

3) What European country led the way in exploration at the beginning of Europe's Age of Exploration

• Itay

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

4) This term means a "rebirth of learning"

• Renaissance

• Nationalism

• Colonization

• Alliance

5) At the beginning of the European Age of Exploration, what product was highly prized and sought after?

• Spices

• Peace

• Empires

• Land

6) Which of the following was NOT a result of the Age of Exploration?

• Slavery

• Spread of Christianity

• Expansion of European Empires

• Invasion by Asian countries

7) Who opened up a school of navigation in Portugal in 1450?

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

8) Who was the first European explorer to sail around the tip of Africa and reach India?

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

9) Of the following , which was one was NOT one the 3 "G's" of Europe's Age of Exploration?

• Government

• God

• Gold

• Glory

10) Which of the following terms refers to a union of countries to achieve a particular goal?

• Militarism

• Alliance

• Nationalism

• Imperialism