What is the Age of Exploration?

• A time period when European countries explored the rest of the world in search of land, goods, and trading partners.

• A time period when Americans explored the rest of the world in search of land, goods and trading partners.

• A time period when European countries explored the rest of the world in search of new ships, to meet new people, and because they liked to sail.

What four reasons did the Europeans want to explore? (CHOOSE 4)

• spread Christianity

• help other nations

• use and improve navigational tools

• collect items for trade raw materials

• Asian silk and spices

Which one is NOT one of the BIG THREE countries that dominated the Age of Exploration?

• England

• France

• China

• Spain

What did the Europeans find instead of a route to Asia?

• Unknown seas

• Spices and silks

• The American continents

• Sunken ships

Which of the following were goals of the Spanish once they found the New World? (CHOOSE 2)

• to make money trading

• to spread the Catholic religion

• to meet the new native people

• to find new hunting and fishing areas

What is the act of traveling in search of new lands, ideas or things?

• Colony

• Searching

• Conquistador

• Exploration

Prior to being called the Americas, what did the Europeans nicknamed the Western Hemisphere?

• The Old World

• The Underworld

• The New World

• West Asia

What was one main goal that led to French exploration of North America?

• to find gold and riches

• to trade furs

• to enslave the Indians

• to convert the Native Americans

Which European country was responsible for exploring and colonizing the yellow part of the map?

• England

• France

• Spain

Which European country was responsible for exploring and colonizing the tan part of the map?

• England

• France

• Spain