European Exploration Flashcard

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Which of these was a major motivation for European exploration?
profit, leisure, freedom, education

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profit

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How did Marco Polo encourage European exploration?

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He wrote a book about his travels in Asia.

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Which of these was a goal of the first European explorers?
Options:
to establish trading posts,
to find a water route to Asia,
to exchange ideas with native peoples,
to explore North and South America

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to find a water route to Asia

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What was an effect of Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas?

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a transfer of foods between Europe and the Americas

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How did the Columbian Exchange affect many American Indian groups?

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They died from diseases.

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Which statement is true about slavery in North America? Options: Enslaved American Indians were treated with dignity. European explorers rejected slavery in the Americas. Slavery had not existed before the European discovery of America. Enslaved Africans took the place of American Indian workers.

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Enslaved Africans took the place of American Indian workers.

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Which of these was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas? Options: to trade with the native peoples, to conquer a large empire for Spain, to establish agricultural communities, to learn about the culture of the Aztec people

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to conquer a large empire for Spain

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What was the main goal of the Spanish missionaries?

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to teach their religion to the American Indians

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Which of these settled in the Spanish borderlands? farmers and ranchers, soldiers and missionaries, pirates and runaway enslaved people, miners and treasure seekers

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soldiers and missionaries

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Which of these describes the relationship between the French and the American Indians?
Options:
They were enemies.
They were business partners.
The French converted the American Indians.
The French forcefully enslaved the American Indians.

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They were business partners.