Reasons for Exploration and Colonization

Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go when he sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492?

• India and China

• Russia and China

• the edge of the earth

• around Africa

What continent do Spain, France, and England (Britain) belong to?

• Europe

• South America

• Australia

• Asia

Mercantilism was an economic system that was created for

• free Republics to buy and sell goods all over.

• Kings and Queens to hide their treasures.

• colonies to get rich, rich, rich!

• the mother country to get rich from raw materials of a colony.

The Spanish were motivated to explore and colonize by three factors

• Christmas, Easter, and Summer Vaca

• God, Gold, and Glory

• Rice, Ropes, and Rhinestones

• Friends, Furs, and Fish

The three French motives to explore and colonize were

• Friends, Furs, and Fish

• God, Gold, and Glory

• Christmas, Easter, and Summer vaca

• Christians, Crowns, and Creativity

The last of the European countries to colonize in North America

• America

• England (Britain)

• France

• Spain

English motivations to explore and colonize were different from Spanish and French motivations

• Private citizens moved to the New World with their families.

• England wanted to conquer the world.

• The King of England did not care who left England.

• England was not looking for riches.

Spain, France, and England colonized what areas? Identify the correct order that matches the order the countries are listed.

• Mexico and the west coast, Canda, the east coast

• the east coast, Canada, Mexico and the western coast

• Canda, the east coast, Mexico and the western coast

• Mexico and the western coast, the eastern coast, Canada

The Northwest Passage was a route explorers hoped to find to

• get to India and China across the top of Canada

• find gold and riches

• find underwater treasures

• get around South America faster

Which country had the largest group of immigrants ?

• Spain

• France

• Sweden

• England