European Exploration and Expansion

All are factors contributing to the European discovery of lands in the Western Hemisphere EXCEPT —

• Economic competition between European empires

• Demand for gold, spices, and natural resources in Europe

• Support for the diffusion of Islam

• Pioneering role of Prince Henry the Navigator. (Glory)

During the Age of Discovery, which continent had large amounts of gold to trade?

• Asia

• Africa

• England

• Spain

What affected natives? Select all that applies

• disease

• slavery

• colonization

• wealth

Europeans started exploring because they wanted

• slaves, gold, and ivory

• gold, glory, God

• spices, slaves, glory

• ivory, God, glory

All were Obstacles of exploration, Except

• Fear

• starvation

• disease

• gold & glory

Vasco da Gama discovered an all-water route to ______

• Portugal

• India

• Spain

• Africa