European Exploration

Europeans that sailed to the Americas called those lands...

• the United States of America.

• the New World.

• the Old World.

• Asia.

What do we call the men that sailed small ships across large oceans that few had ever crossed before?

• Pirates

• Archeologists

• Explorers

• Native Americans

What term is used to describe scientists that study human artifacts in order to learn more about past cultures?

• Archeologists

• Veterinarians

• Paleontologists

• Podiatrists

Europeans were motivated to explore new lands because they wanted to spread their religion.

• True

• False

Explorers were able to reach and explore new lands because of improved navigational tools.

• True

• False

Explorers generally did NOT bring anything of value back from the New World.

• True

• False

The Great Exchange occurred between Europe, Africa, and Asia and America. Why was it so successful?

• All of the landforms were in similar latitudes.

• All of the continents shared similar climates.

• The exchange of plants and animals provided more varied diets and improved health on both sides of the Atlantic.

• All of the above.

Explorers used these drawings of bodies of land and water to help them reach new lands.

• Flags

• Maps

• Compasses

• Bibles

Explorers brought this leafy plant back with them from the New World.

• Tobacco

• Tomatoes

• Cotton

• Corn

This helped Europeans to spread Christianity to native peoples of foreign lands.

• Maps

• Letters

• Bibles

• Flags