USI.4c+4a1 African Kingdoms, Obstacles, Motives, Accomp PRE-TEST

This image shows which obstacle to exploration?

• Fear of the unknown

• Poor maps and navigational tools

• lack of adequate supplies

• disease and starvation

What was NOT an obstacle to exploration of the New World?

• unavailability of natural resources
• poor tools and maps
• disease and starvation
• lack of adequate supplies

This image represents which motivation for exploration?

• economic reasons

• spread of religion

• increase in empires

• proving superiority of culture

What is NOT a motivation (reason) that countries competed for land in North America?

• to expand slave populations
• economic reasons
• to spread their religion
• to increase their empire

One accomplishment of European exploration of North America was __________.

• exchanging goods and ideas
• curing diseases
• reducing trade
• accepting new cultures

This map represents which accomplishment of exploration?

• claimed territories

• exchange of goods and ideas

• cure for diseases

• improved ships and navigational tools

Portuguese traders carried goods to African empires and returned with _____.

• gold
• cloth
• iron
• manufactured goods

Between the years 300 to 1600 A.D. Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were important because they _____.

• controlled trade in their region
• produced cloth and manufactured goods
• introduced a new culture to European explorers
• were the birthplace of 3 major religions

What country made voyages of discovery on the west coast of this continent?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

The Portuguese brought ____ to trade for African goods (like gold).

• metals, cloth, and manufactured goods
• cloth, salt, and iron
• metals, pepper, and pottery
• cinnamon, silk, and textiles