How and Why Europeans Came to the New World

A(n) (a)   is a scientist who studies artifacts.

• archaeologist

• New World

• explorer

• cash crop

When Europeans encountered the Americas, they named this place the (a)   .

• astrolabe

• cash crop

• explorer

• New World

Tobacco was one type of valuable (a)   that could be sold.

• archaeologist

• astrolabe

• cash crop

• New World

To study the past, an archaeologist specializes in learning from

• artifacts.

• books.

• interviews.

• videos.

Sailors used astrolabes to tell

• direction.

• latitude.

• speed.

• time.

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa.

• America.

• Asia.

• Europe.

“New World” was a name given to the Americas by

• spice traders.

• shipbuilders.

• American Indians.

• European colonizers.

A compass works by Earth’s

• large oceans.

• magnetic field.

• spinning on its axis.

• orbit around the sun.

If an explorer knew what direction was north, he

• could create a map of unexplored land.

• could find the other cardinal directions.

• would know how fast his ship was moving.

• would know how far away from land he was.

Why did colonizers plant flags?

• to teach Christianity

• to help American Indians

• to find their way back again

• to claim land for their country