European Exploration of the Americas

Rather than looking for the Americas, the first explorers were looking for?

• Mapping their own lands

• Trade routes to Asia

• Establishing power in Africa

• Building colonies in Asia

These military campaigns led to increased trade with the Middle East?

• Crusades

• French & Indian War

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

This period of advances in the arts and sciences helped fuel the Age of Exploration?

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

• Industrialism

What are the Three G’s of exploration?

• A) Gold, glory, god

• B) God, glory, gore

• C) Glory, gold, games

• D) Gold, glory, gloss

What did Columbus name the native people living on the Caribbean Islands?

• A) Europeans

• B) Indians

• C) Natives

• D) Islanders

What was the first country to kick off the Age of Exploration & the name of the prince that started it?

• A) Spain - Queen Isabella

• B) England - Queen Elizabeth

• C) Portugal - Henry the Navigator

• D) Italy - Christopher Columbus

Most Native Americans who came into contact with the Europeans died of what?

• War

• Disease

• Famine

What was the name of the trade system that developed between Europe, the Americas and Africa called?

• Columbian Exchange

• Portugese Exchange

• Spanish Exchange

• Ferdinand Exchange

Who defeated the Aztec civilization in Mexico?

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortéz

• King Ferdinand

The English, Dutch and French sought a route above the new continent known as the?

• Northwest Passage

• Silk Road

• Panama Canal

• Suez Canal