5th grade Ch. 14 European Exploration and Colonization

What is the claiming of land for a nation by establishing a settlement?

Some causes of European exploration were economic gain, political rivalry and (a)   .

The act of traveling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it is (a)   .

Overland trade routes were slower than sea trade routes.

• True

• False

The Silk Road Trade Routes were routes from Europe to (a)   .

Some goods that explorers and colonists shipped back to Europe were cash crops....

• spices

• fur

• gold

• all of the above

The dominant religion in Europe during the Age of Exploration was

(a)  

True or False: The influence of the church at that time was strong.

(a)  

What is a person who is competing for the same goal or object as another?

(a)  

France, Portugal and (a)   were Catholic countries that were particularly interested in converting Indigenous people in the Americas.