European Exploration test A

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

How did the compass help explorers?

• money

• determined location

• allowed them to travel farther

• to find direction

What country commissioned the voyage of Christopher Columbus?

• Spain

• England

• Italy

• Portugal

Gold, God, and Glory ....

• Reasons to explore North America

• Reasons to explore route to Asia

• Effects of slavery on Native Americans

• Effects of European exploration

America was first known as the ______________ to Europeans. 

• United States
• New World
• Atlanta
• Canada

What were the 3 Gs for exploration?

• God

• Glory

• Greatness

• Gold

Gold, God, and Glory ....

• Reasons to explore North America

• Reasons to explore route to Asia

• Effects of slavery on Native Americans

• Effects of European exploration

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Two challenges faced by European explorers were...

• Typhoid and other diseases that were easily spread by rats

• crew members asked for too much money

• food stored on ships was too expensive

• navigational tools often broke or were faulty