European Exploration and Expansion Slave Trade

Why did Europeans want spices from Asia?

• Spices help preserve food and mask flavors of spoiled food.
• Spices were not grown in Europe, so they had to be traded with Asian markets.
• Spices were used in making medicine, perfumes, and incenses.
• all of the above

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

• a Portuguese prince
• He helped start European exploration and trade.
• He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.
• all of the above

The Americas were named after this explorer

• Columbus
• Vespucci
• Bob
• Cabot

This type of ship enabled explorers to travel longer, faster and carry more cargo

• caravan
• caravel
• compass
• junks

European explorers were looking for a waterway along the north coast of N. America leading to the Pacific Ocean called the __________.

• shortcut
• North Passage
• North West Passage
• North East passage

Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?

• wealth
• religious conversion
• spread disease
• economic opportunity

Who was the first explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India?

• Vasco da Gama
• James Cook
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Ferdinand Megallan

Which was the first permanent British settlement in North America?

• Plymouth
• Pennsylvania
• Jamestown
• Europe

Pilgrims signed this document when they arrived in Plymouth Colony?

• Pilgrims Document
• Mayflower Contract
• The Constitution
• Mayflower Compact