Exploration 2022

What are the motivations for exploration?

• Social, political and economic

• food, land, spices

• profits, trading, furs

• curiosity

What was the MAIN motivation for Spain to colonize in the new world?

• political

• geographic

• economic

• social

Who were the three main powerful countries that were involved in the Age of Exploration?

• Spain, Germany, and France
• England, Spain, & France
• Italy, Spain, and Portugal
• Portugal, Ireland, & France

What was the MAIN motivation for France to colonize in the new world?

• social

• political

• expand their empire

• economic

What country colonized the land shaded in blue?

• Spain

• France

• England

• United States

What is an example of a political motivation for exploration?

• Fur Trade

• Expanding Empires

• Spread Religion

• Searching for Gold

What is an example of an economic reason for exploration?

• Fur Trade

• Expanding Empires

• Spread Religion

• Spread Democracy

What is an example of a social reason for exploration?

• Fur Trade

• Expanding Empires

• Spread Religion

• Searching for Gold

Which of the following is a negative impact that the Columbian Exchange had on the native peoples of the Americas?

• The spread of disease killed millions of people.

• Agriculture spread to more regions.

• The use of the horse caused native peoples to leave.

• Native peoples were no longer allowed to use their languages.

• Europeans established global trade networks that brought maize to Europe, chili peppers to India, and wheat to the Americas.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The exchange of money

• The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas and the Old world.

• Colombian exchange program.