Chapter 2 - The Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

Sailors used astrolabes to tell

• direction

• latitude

• speed

• time

"New World" was a name given to the Americas by

• spice traders

• shipbuilders

• American Indians

• European Explorers

Why did explorers plant flags?

• to teach Christianity

• to help American Indians

• to find their way back again

• to claim land for their country

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

• To visit holy sites

• to live in poverty

• to spread their beliefs

• to learn about other faiths

Which foods came from America?

• wheat and rice

• apples and pears

• lettuce and cabbage

• potatoes and squash

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?

• to build wealth

• to conquer the Indians

• to colonize France

• to find potatoes

What crop helped to increase the population of Europeans because it allowed them to become healthier and better fed. 

• squash
• potatoes
• corn
• peanuts

What is a caravel?

• a dangerous rat with a disease

• a new type of boat that is great for sailing

• a heart disease that sailors got