Age of Exploration

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

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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This invention used the sun, moon, planets, and stars to help explorers navigate on the open ocean.

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant
• Telescope

This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find their cardinal directions.

• Compass
• Compass Rose
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant

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

• Asia
• Africa
• The north pole
• California

To study the past, an archaeologist specializes in learning from

• artifacts

• books

• interviews

• videos

What do farmers do with a cash crop?

• sell it for money

• feed it to animals

• eat it as soon as possible

• freeze it to store for winter

What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?

• to build wealth

• to conquer the Indians

• to colonize France

• to find potatoes

What crop helped to increase the population of Europeans because it allowed them to become healthier and better fed. 

• squash
• potatoes
• corn
• peanuts

What is considered the "New World?"

• Europe
• Asia
• The Americas
• Africa

Why did Europeans begin to use tools such as the astrolabe and compass?

• to find safe water routes to faraway places

• to allow their ships to sail against the wind

• to increase the speed of their ships

• to make updated maps of the seas