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1.3 European Exploration in the Americas

Authored by Eric Palmer

History

11th Grade

1.3 European Exploration in the Americas
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the primary motivations for European nations to explore and conquer the New World?

To find a new place to settle due to overpopulation in Europe

To find new sources of wealth, economic and military competition, and spread Christianity

To escape from the Black Plague

To establish new trade routes with Africa

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What historical events exposed Europeans to new goods like spices and silk?

The Age of Enlightenment

The Renaissance

The Industrial Revolution

The Crusades

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Europeans seek new trade routes to Asia?

To avoid long and expensive overland and sea routes

To find new lands to colonize

To escape religious persecution

To establish new alliances with Asian empires

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first European to navigate to the tip of Africa at the Cape of Good Hope?

Christopher Columbus

Bartolomeu Dias

Ferdinand Magellan

Vasco de Gama

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Christopher Columbus's theory about the world?

The world was larger than estimated

The world was infinite

The world was round and smaller than estimated

The world was flat

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Columbus mistakenly believe he had reached during his voyages?

Australia

The East Indies

South America

Africa

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What motivated Ferdinand and Isabella to continue sending explorers to the New World?

To find new spices

To spread Catholicism and find gold

To establish new trade routes with Africa

To escape from the Black Plague

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