5 Reasons of why European Explorers came to the New World.
Give the Term
Give the Term
Assessment over Chapter 4
Bonus
100
The European Explorers would take the gold and silver back to their homeland/country to make their counrty wealthy/rich.
The European came over to the New World for Gold and Silver.
100
New World
The name Europeans gave to North and South America
100
Sponsor
A country who funds a trip
100
Age of Exploration
The period in the 1500s when Europeans started searching for land they did not know is called the __________ ___ ________
100
False
True of False
Explorers generally did not bring anything of value back from the new lands they found.
200
The explorers would grow the tobacco and sell it to the European explorers or bring it back to their homeland to sell to the people of their European country.
The European Explorers came over to the New World to grow tobacco. Why was this important to the Explorers?
200
Explore
To search for something
200
Northwest Passage
The shortcut that Europeans were looking for across North America to the Pacific Ocean
200
European Explorers
_________ were brave men who sailed small ships across large oceans in search of new lands.
200
B
Which is a part of a person's culture?
A. need for food
B. ideas and beliefs
C. color of hair
D. height and weight
300
Christianity
The explorers wanted the people of the New World to have their same religion of Christianity.
The European Explorers came to the New World to spread what religion? Why was this important to the explorers?
300
Era
A period of time
300
Astrolabe
An ancient tool that was used to find latitude
300
New World
Even though Native Americans had lived there for thousands of years, Europeans called the Americas the ______________ ________.
300
D
All of the following were ways of communicating used by Native Americans except
A. drawings
B. ceremonial dances
C. singing
D. square dances
400
By putting the flag in the ground it meant that their country and their leaders owned this land. The explorers wanted the land in the New World for their countries to become larger.
The European Explorers came over to put their countries flag into land. Why was this important and what did it mean?
400
Perspective
The ideas of a person or group of people
400
Colony
land that is settled and owned by another country
400
True
True or False
Europeans were motivated to explore new lands because they wanted to convert local people to Christianity or claim land for their country.
400
B
Although Native American Indians had many differernces, the one thing they all had in common was
A. they all lived in teepees
B. they all loved the land
C. they all used horses to travel
D. they all grew fields of corn
500
tomoatoes, pineapple, and corn
The European explorers came over to the New World to grow, sell , and trade what three interesting new foods?
500
Natives
The orginial people of an area
500
cash crop
a crop grown in large quantity to sell to others.
500
True
True or False
Explorers were able to reach and explore new lands because of improved navigation tools such as the astrolabe, compass, and maps.