Unit 4 Review

What were most of the explorers looking for on their expedition?

• The edge of the Earth

• Giant sea monsters

• New trading routes

• New continents

• The lost city of Atlantis

Archaeologists believed that the first humans arrived in North America from

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

• Northern America

The exposure of a land bridge between Asia and present-day Alaska during the last Ice Age resulted in

• the introduction of new plants and animals to Asia and Europe

• the development of farming in the Americas

• the migration of people into the Americas

• the establishment of advanced cultures in North America

Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

• To find gold and silver

• To find lands they could colonize

• To find new trading routes to the East Indies

• All of the above

• None of the above

Before contact with Europeans, what was most important to the Native American Indian culture

• surplus farming

• trans-oceanic trade

• hunting and gathering

• trans-continental

Who were the first Europeans to settle in the Americas during the Age of Exploration

• English

• French

• Portuguese

• Spanish

Many Native American cultures were nomadic. What does nomadic mean?

• relying on hunting

• hostile to outsiders

• planters and farmers

• moving from place to place

Why didn't Paleo establish villages or permanent settlements?

• They did not have the necessary natural resources

• They did not know how to construct permanent dwellings

• They were not able to locate an area suitable for settlement

• They had to hunt game animals because they did not know how to farm

The precious metals, such as silver, and gold, discovered by Europeans in the "New World"

• did not make a significant economical impact

• allowed Portugal to become a dominant world power

• were used primarily to purchase goods from China and India

• were not discovered until the colonies achieved independence

The desire for spices and other trade goods was a direct cause of

• American Expansion

• Asian expansion into the Americas and Europe

• African exploration of the Americas, Europe, Asia

• European exploration and colonization of the Americas, Africa and Asia