Intro to Exploration and Colonization

a time in the late 1400s when countries looked for new trade routes to Asia and began exploring new lands

• Renaissance

• Age of Exploration

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

What was the INITIAL reason that European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• to find new sea routes to Asia

• to form military alliances

• to spread Christianity to Africa

• to find new sources of cheap labor

In which year did Columbus first reach North America?

• 32

• 1308

• 1492

• 1608

The crusades were a series of wars fought between:

• Jews and Christians
• Jews and Muslims
• Christians and Muslims
• Christians and Catholics

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

• The lower class fought for their right against the Catholic Church to choose their religion.

• They attempted to expand the English Empire

• They were designed to take back control of the Holy Land from the Muslims.

• They sought to convert the entire world to Christianity.

The Babylonian Map of the World is one of the oldest maps in the world.

• True

• False

What was different about the route taken Third Crusade, compared to those taken in the First and Second Crusades?

• The First Crusade was successful

• The Second Crusade was Successful

• The Third Crusade included more travel by sea.

• None of the above.

Which of the following was a driving force behind many early explorations?

• Trade

• Agriculture

• War

• Vacation

Which of the following was the name of the Holy Land that the Muslims took from the Christians?

• Jerusalem

• Egypt

• Canaan

• North America

As a result of The Crusades, trade increased between Europe and Asia.

• True

• False