Age of Exploration

What is an explorer?

• a person who moves to a new country.

• an inventor

• a person who searches out new lands and discoveries.

• a person who teaches at a mission.

What countries are credited the most with the exploration of the Americas? Check all that apply.

• China

• France

• Germany

• Spain

• England

The New World was named after this explorer.

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure

• God, Glory, Gold

• God, Glory, Gallantry

• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

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What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?

• Spain
• England
• Italy
• Portugal

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

• Asia
• Africa
• The north pole
• California

Who were the "conquistadors?"

• catholic missionaries

• Spanish explorers

• Aztec rulers

• French adventurers

Which nation developed good relations with Native Americans and was motivated by profiting from the fur trade?

• England
• Spain
• France
• Netherlands

Why did European Explorers come to the Americas? 

• to gain land and wealth for their country 
• to fight the American Indians

Which European nation sponsored Columbus' expedition in 1492?
(King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)

• England
• France
• Spain
• Portugual