Age of Exploration

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace

• Glory

• Greed

• Glaciers

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Queen Isabella

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan 

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia

• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy

• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea

• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?

• Asia

• Africa

• The north pole

• California

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• the exploration of new lands in Africa and the Americas by Europeans

• the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe and

  the Americas

• the poor treatment of American Indians by European explorers and

  colonists

• the new trading routes to the Americas established by Columbus

Who was the first captain whose crew circumnavigated the globe?

• Vasco da Gama

• Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan