Age of Exploration Lessons 1-4

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

"New World" was a name given to the Americas by

• spice traders

• shipbuilders

• American Indians

• European Explorers

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

• To visit holy sites

• to live in poverty

• to spread their beliefs

• to learn about other faiths

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

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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

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

• Asia
• Africa
• The north pole
• California

What did success in mercantilism depend on?

• Controlling the slave trade
• Having a perfect balance of trade
• Gaining as much gold and silver as possible
•  Salutary Neglect

What were the three reasons for European exploration?

• Game, God, Glory
• Glory, Fame, and God
• God, Glory, and Gold
• Gifts, Greatness, Glory

As a result of the Columbian exchange, which disease wiped out the majority of natives? 

• Black Plague
• Whooping Cough
• Smallpox
• Measles

What is considered the "New World?"

• Europe
• Asia
• The Americas
• Africa