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Motivation for Exploration

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the New World?

a)

North and South America

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Europe

2.

Why did the explorers want to find resources?

a)

To keep for themselves.

b)

To sell for a profit.

3.

Which countries were in competition?

a)

Mexico

Spain

USA

b)

England

France

Spain

c)

Spain

Mexico

Germany

d)

France

Asia

USA

e)

USA

Mexico

Spain

4.

What were come some goods that were traded?

a)

Wheat

Corn

Oats

b)

Trees

Acorns

Beans

c)

Fur

Silk

Spice

5.

Who did explorers want to share their belief in God with?

a)

Other explorers

b)

Kings and Queens

c)

Natives

d)

Sailors

6.

Changes in ______________ allowed explorers to expand their travels.

a)

Technology

b)

Religion

c)

Population

d)

Language

7.

England, Spain, and France were known as the ______________.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Silk Road

c)

Trade Route

d)

Old World

8.

Which political motive for exploration means that explorers wanted to add more power and land to their country?

a)

God

b)

Glory

c)

Gold

9.

Explorers wanted to find a shorter water route to Asia known as the_______________.

 

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

New World

c)

Silk Road

d)

Trade Route

10.

Which economic motive for exploration means that explorers wanted to find riches such as furs, silk, and spices?

a)

God

b)

Glory

c)

Gold

d)

Stars

11.

Which social motive for exploration means that explorers wanted spread their belief of Christianity with Natives.

a)

Gold

b)

Glory

c)

God

12.

What did the explorers need to make when they discovered and explored new places?

a)

Books

b)

Plans

c)

Money

d)

Maps

13.

Why did explorers begin Westward Expansion?

a)

War

b)

Sickness

c)

To build farms and settlements

d)

To build ships