European Explorers
Reasons for Exploring
Australia
Africa
World War I
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This son of a Portuguese king established a naval observatory where the learning of navigation and mapmaking take place.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
100
These routes connected countries all over the world.
What are trade routes?
100
The original inhabitants of Australia were known as these.
What are the Aborigines?
100
This is the event where several countries of Europe divided the continent of Africa among themselves.
What is the "Scramble for Africa"?
100
Great Britian, France, and Russia were known as these during WWI.
What is the Allied Powers?
200
He was the Bolshevik leader during the Russian Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Illyick (V.I.) Lenin?
200
A reason for exploring was this idea of European...
What is worldview?
200
In 1851, this mineral caused thousands to come to Australia seeking for the fortune.
What is gold?
200
Africa and Asia contained these three natural resources the Europeans wanted.
What are gold, diamonds, and oil?
200
Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and Germany were known as this during WWI.
What is the Central Powers?
300
in 1770 Captain James Cook charted the eastern coast of Australia in his ship named this.
What is the Endeavor?
300
Explorers were down right curious and this in wanted to find gold and riches.
What is greedy?
300
On board the Endeavor were a group of scientists who were recording data of animals and plants they saw on the voyage to Australia. they named the Bay this because of the unusual plants.
What is Botany Bay?
300
Europeans wanted colonies of Africa because it showed national pride. This idea of national pride is called...
What is Nationalism?
300
This is known as using strong armies and threats of war.
What is militarism?
400
This Italian explorer was determined to find a passage across the Atlantic Ocean to Asia. But he first discovered the Bahamas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
400
In searching for new trade routes for spices, explorers were able to discover and bring home this.
What is new knowledge of a larger world?
400
These people were brought to the colonies of Australia by Captain Arthur Phillip.
Who are convicts?
400
In 1914, these were the only two countries in Africa that remained independent.
What are Liberia and Ethiopia?
400
WWI is also known as this.
What is the Great War?
500
When explorers settled upon new land, they did four things.
What is brought diseases, colonized, spread Christianity, and enslaved the natives?
500
This time of European exploration and colonization was known as this.
What is the Age of Exploration?
500
The colonies of Australia were joined by a federation called this.
What is the Commonwealth of Australia?
500
In 1833, there was an abolition of what in the British empire?
What is slavery?
500
This war was said to be "the war to end all wars." But it led into another larger conflict known as this.
What is World War II?
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