Motivations for Exploration

Which continent was part of the New World?

• Africa

• Americas

• Asia

• Australia

Which explorer circumnavigated the world?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Ponce De Leon

• John Cabot

• Hernando De Soto

Why did the Europeans want to find an all water route to Asia?

• Muslim control of many trade routes

• the decrease in demand o Asian goods

• the decline of the Trans-Saharan trade routes

• the effects of the Protestant Reformation

Who was the first navigator to find a sea route to Asia?

• da Gama

• Magellan

• de Soto

• Columbus

What does the map depict?

• Voyage of Hernando Cortez

• Voyage of Ferdinand Magellan

• Voyage of Ponce de Leon

• Voyage of Giovanni da Verrazano

What does circumnavigate mean?

• to sail from one continent to another

• to sail from one hemisphere to another

• to sail all the way around the world

• to sail to unexplored parts of the world

Who landed in present-day Florida?

• Leif Erikson

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Ponce de Leon

Which country sponsored Hernan Cortez exploration?

• Americas

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

Where did Columbus land?

• Caribbean

• Asia

• South America

• Greenland

How did the actions of European explorers impact the "New World"?

• Islam spread to the Americas D.

• colonies were developed

• Native Americans civilizations were destroyed

• the number of monasteries grew