Chapter 6 Review

What was the goal of the first European explorers who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean?

• to enslave American Indians

• to circumnavigate Earth

• to establish colonies in the Americas

• to find a sea route to Asia

Choose the correct answer to fill in the blank. The Age of Exploration was the time period from about _______________.

• 800 to 1000

• 1450 to 1700

• 1200 to 1350

• 1750 to 1900

Which factors most motivated European kings and queens to pay for early expeditions across the Atlantic Ocean?

• to spread their religion

  to gain wealth

  to become more powerful

• to become more powerful

  to learn new farming methods

  to create accurate maps

• to create accurate maps

  to gain wealth

  to satisfy their curiosity

Match each technology with the improvement in ocean navigation that it provided.

Technology: Sails of various shapes and sizes.

• Improvement

  helped ships travel faster

• Improvement

  helped sailors tell direction

• Improvement

  carried more men and more cargo over long distances

• Improvement

  helped sailors measure distance on the ocean

Match each technology with the improvement in ocean navigation that it provided.

Technology: carrack

• Improvement

  helped sailors tell direction

• Improvement

  helped ships travel faster

• Improvement

  carried more men and more cargo over long distances

• Improvement

  helped ships defend themselves from attack

Match each technology with the improvement in ocean navigation that it provided.

Technology: compass

• Improvement

  helped ships defend themselves from attack

• Improvement

  helped sailors measure distance on the ocean

• Improvement

  helped sailors tell direction

• Improvement

  helped ships travel faster

Match each technology with the improvement in ocean navigation that it provided.

Technology: astrolabe

• Improvement

  helped ships travel faster

• Improvement

  carried more men and more cargo over long distances

• Improvement

  helped sailors tell direction

• Improvement

  helped sailors measure distance on the ocean

Match each technology with the improvement in ocean navigation that it provided.

Technology: gunpowder

• Improvement

  helped sailors measure distance on the ocean

• Improvement

  helped sailors tell direction

• Improvement

  helped ships defend themselves from attack

• Improvement

  helped ships travel faster

Select all of the economic motivations for exploration below.

• expand empire

  control more territory

  conquer indigenous people

• find gold

  establish trade

  find natural resources

• spread Christian religion

  send missionaries

  convert indigenous people

Select all of the religious motivations for exploration below.

• find gold

  find natural resources

  establish trade

• control more territory

  expand empire

  conquer indigenous people

• send missionaries

  convert indigenous people

  spread Christian religion