Reasons for Exploration & Colonization of North America

What product did Europeans want to obtain from Asia? 

• Silk

• Furs 

• Gold

• Sugar 

What continent would Europeans voyage around in order to get to Asia? 

• Antarctica

• North America

• Africa 

• South America

Where was Columbus intending to go? 

• North America

• Asia

• South America

• Africa

Where did Columbus think he landed?

• France

• India 

• Japan

• the Carribean 

As a result of Columbus's voyages, which three European countries began a race to claim land and resources in the Americas? 

• Spain, France, and Russia 

• England, Germany, Spain

• Spain, England, and France

• France, Sweden, Germany 

All of the following are reasons that English explorers/settlers came to North America EXCEPT...

• to convert natives to Christianity 

• to escape religious persecution back in England

• to find valuables such as gold and silver

• to claim more land for the English empire

What were the two motivations for French exploration of the Americas? 

• Escaping religious persecution and finding gold 

• Searching for fabled places and hunting for buffalo

• Claiming more land for the French empire and convert Native Americans to Christianity

• Claiming more land for the French empire and hunt for beaver furs which were very valuable back in Europe

All of the following describe reasons that Spain explored and colonized the Americas, EXCEPT...

• They wanted to hunt for beaver fur 

• They wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity 

• They heard rumors of gold and wanted to find it 

• They wanted more land, and therefore, more power for the Spanish Empire