Age of Exploration

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

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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What did Queen Isabella do for Christopher Columbus?

• sponsored his exploration
• married him
• made him royalty

How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?

• He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again
• He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people
• He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it
• Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage

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

Which of the following is not a reason why Europeans began to explore the world?

• to convert people to Christianity

• to learn about new lands and people

• to obtain spices from Asia

• to develop new technologies

Prince Henry the Navigator did all of the following to encourage exploration except

• build an observatory for sailors.

• go on voyages to Asia and Africa.

• open a navigation school for sailors.

• pay people to sail on voyages.

Christopher Columbus made three voyages to America in his lifetime but always thought he was in Asia. What conclusion can you draw from this fact?

• Columbus did not know what Asia was like.

• Columbus was an excellent navigator.

• Columbus was not interested in America.

• Columbus was afraid to admit his mistakes.

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

What did Bartolomé de las Casas attempt to do?

• end the harsh treatment of American Indians by the Spanish

• bring more Spanish nobles and monarchs to live in the Americas

• bring American Indians to Spain

• increase the size of Spanish plantations in the Americas

What is Leif Erikson known for?

• Discovered South America as its own continent, North and South America named After him

• Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians

• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world

• First European to make it to North America