The Motivation for European Exploration

What are the three main motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World?

• God, gold, and glory

• Land, labor, and love

• Power, prestige, and politics

• Trade, travel, and territory

Which historical event provided the religious ideology for the Reconquista?

• The Crusades

• The Renaissance

• The Reformation

• The Enlightenment

What was the primary goal of the Crusades?

• To reclaim Jerusalem from Muslim rulers

• To discover new trade routes

• To establish colonies in the New World

• To spread the Renaissance

Which nation was spearheaded by Prince Henry the Navigator in exploration?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

What was the main reason for European sailors to seek new trade routes to the East?

• To eliminate Muslim middlemen

• To find new lands to colonize

• To spread Christianity

• To escape from Europe

What commodity's global market led the Portuguese to trade enslaved people across the Atlantic?

• Sugar

• Gold

• Spices

• Silk

Which explorer's voyage in 1492 marked the start of Spanish colonization in the New World?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot