European Exploration Quiz

Which of the following was NOT an obstacle to European exploration?

• Disease and starvation

• Fear of the unknown

• Poorly built ships

• Poor maps and navigational tools

With whom did the Europeans conduct trade in the New World?

• Africans

• Other Europeans

• Canadians

• American Indians

What were three motivating forces for European exploration of North America?

• Gold and natural resources, shut down trading posts, spread Christianity

• Gold and natural resources, competition for empire, spread Christianity

• Competition for empire, shut down trading posts, spread Christianity

• Gold and natural resources, competition for empire, shut down trading posts

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai became powerful by—

• selling Africans to Portuguese slave traders

• controlling trade in West Africa

• claiming large chunks of land in North America

• selling improved navigational tools

What is the belief in cultural superiority?

• Believing your own culture is better than any other culture

• Belief in all cultures being equal to one another

• Feeling that your own culture is not as important as another

• Believing there is one world culture

American Indians believed that land was to be—

• owned by individuals

• shared or used but not owned

• conquered and ruled

• only owned by the American Indians

Which cultural interaction best completes each section of the diagram?

• Spain: 1, Both: 2, France: 3

• Spain: 3, Both: 2, France: 1

• Spain: 2, Both: 1, France: 3

• Spain: 1, Both: 3, France: 2

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What region of North America was claimed by the explorer Robert La Salle?

• Québec

• Mississippi River Valley

• Eastern Canada

• Southwest North America

What European goods were often traded to the West African empires for gold?

• Metal objects

• Crop seeds

• Cloth

• Manufactured goods

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominated West Africa in sequence from –

• 300 to 1600 A.D. (C.E.)

• 1600 to 1800 A.D. (C.E.)

• 1900 to 2000 A.D. (C.E.)

• 0 to 300 A.D. (C.E.)