Age of Exploration Crash Course in European History

Why did Europeans begin to use tools such as the astrolabe and compass?

• to find safe water routes to faraway places

• to allow their ships to sail against the wind

• to increase the speed of their ships

• to make updated maps of the seas

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace

• Glory

• Greed

• Glaciers

This invention used the sun, moon, planets, and stars to help explorers navigate on the open ocean.

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Quadrant

• Telescope

This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find their cardinal directions.

• Compass

• Compass Rose

• Astrolabe

• Quadrant

What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?

• to build wealth

• to conquer the Indians

• to colonize France

• to find potatoes

What is considered the "New World?"

• Europe

• Asia

• The Americas

• Africa

A settlement is a

• town whose residents agree to govern themselves

• place ruled by another country.

• small, newly built community.

• group of people who travel together.

What delayed Captain John White’s return to Roanoke?

• a trip to another settlement

• a war between England and Spain

• a need to raise money to repair ships

• a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia

A person who settles in a colony

• conquistador

• colonist

• pilgrim

• pioneer

Compared with Jamestown and Plymouth, the Roanoke settlement was

• earlier.

• larger. 

• wealthier.

• longer lasting.