The Age of Exploration

The motivation to explore for Europeans included:

• the desire to spread their religion
• the need to move to a new continent
• the need to build new and better ships
• All of these

The goal of Columbus's first voyage was to:

• Go around Africa to Asia
• Find the New World
• Conquer the Aztec Empire
• Get to Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson

Who is credited with figuring out that Columbus had not discovered Asia, but a New World?

• Vasco da Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci
• John Cabot

Which of the following was a major impact of Columbus and his voyages?

• Knowledge of the world increased
• European countries started colonies in the New World
• Lasting contact between the Old and New Worlds was established
• All of these are true

Which Explorer was looking for a route to Asia?

• Da Gama
• Columbus
• Hudson
• All of these

In 1534, what French navigator sailed inland along the St. Lawrence River and claimed much of eastern Canada for France?

• La Salle

• Jacques Cartier

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Magellan

What was the motivation for exploration?

• Write a book about it

• Gold, God, Glory

• Land, food, water

• Position in the government

Which three continents were involved in the Triangular Trade Route?

• North America, South America and Africa

• North America, Africa and Europe

• North America, South America and Europe

• North America, Africa, and Asia

What was the part of the Triangular Trade Route in which slaves were shipped from Africa to West Indies known as?

• Modern Passage

• Middle Passage

• Modern Route

• Middle Route