Motivations for Coming to the Americas

Who sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus?

• Queen Elizabeth of England

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain

• King Charles II of England

What was one of the primary motivations for Spanish exploration in the Americas?

• To establish trade routes with Asia

• To find gold and other riches

• To escape religious persecution

• To establish democratic governments

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In what year did Christopher Columbus sail on his first voyage?

• 1429

• 1492

• 1942

• 1518

Why did the Spanish establish missions along the barrier islands of the Southeastern United States?

• To convert American Indians to Christianity

• To find new sources of gold

• To create new trade routes

• To escape religious persecution

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Which of the following was a direct result of Spanish contact with American Indians?

• The establishment of democratic governments

• The introduction of European diseases

• The creation of new trade routes

• The spread of Christianity

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What was a significant economic motivation for the Spanish to explore and colonize the Americas?

• The search for new trade routes to Asia

• The desire to spread Christianity

• The quest for new sources of wealth, such as gold and silver

• The need for new agricultural lands

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Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain in 1492 in search of what?

• An ocean route to Asia

• The Silk Road

• The New World

• The Canary Islands

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found utopian communities

Why did Columbus call the Taino natives Indians?

• Because they asked him to
• Because Columbus thought he had landed in the West Indies.
• Because he liked the name Indians.
• Because he did not understand what they were trying to say.

Violence and _____ killed a lot of Native Americans after Europeans arrived.

• Non-Violence

• Trade

• Disease

• Famine