age of exploration
Where was Columbus trying to sail?
A)Cuba
B)Asia
C)Australia
D)Spain
B)Asia
The process of determining a person's position, or planning and following a route.
A)flying
B)exploration
C)eating
D)navigation
D)navigation
Which was not a reason for European expansion?
A) the gold supply
B)Expand Christianity
C)Claiming new territories
D)Expand the printing press
D)Expand the printing press
Called the people he encountered Indians
He thought he had reached the East Indies
Who was Christopher Columbus
the journey enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas
what was the middle passage
Why did explorers plant flags?
A)to teach Christianity
B)to help American Indians
C)to find their way back again
D)to claim land for their country
D)to claim land for their country
New World" was a name given to the Americas by
A)spice traders
B)shipbuilders
C)American Indians
D)European explorers
D)European explorers
What is one reason Europeans wanted to travel to America?
A)to build wealth
B)to conquer the Indians
C)to colonize France
D)to find potatoes
A)to build wealth
The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to...
A)Africa
B)America
C)Asia
D)Europe
C)Asia
Who was the first person to sail around Africa and reach India?
A)Vasco da Gama
B)Hayden Adams
C)Prince Henry
D)Christopher Columbus
A)Vasco da Gama