Early Exploration Review

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The Renaissance led to the Age of Exploration because it encouraged a desire for new trade routes and new things.

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encouraged a desire for new trade routes and new things

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Europeans sought a new trading route to Asia because the old routes were controlled by

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Muslims and Italians

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What new technologies enabled European exploration? Options: gunpowder and cannons, compass and astrolabe, electricity and telegraph, steam engine and steel

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compass and astrolabe

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What were the motivations for European exploration? Options: freedom, equality, independence; knowledge, reason, literacy; glory, god, gold; fame, freedom, friendship

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glory, god, gold

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What countries took the lead in colonizing the Americas?

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Spain and Portugal

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What Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

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Hernan Cortes

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Which explorer was known for trying to circumnavigate (or sail around) the world?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Europeans sought new trade routes because they wanted to go to

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Asia