European Explorers: Motivations, Obstacles, and Accomplishments

Which of the following was an economic motivation of European explorers?

• Spread  Christianity
• Find gold
• Belief in superiority of own culture
• Discover new land.

Spreading Christianity is an example of what type of motivation?

• Religious
• Economic
• Cultural
• Political

A hardship that early explorers of North America experienced was

• Hostility from French ships.
• Disease and starvation.
• Danger of sea monsters.
• Not enough sailors.

What was NOT a European goal during the Age of Exploration?

• Find natural resources

• Spread Christianity

• Find gold

• Develop large cities

Which of the following was an accomplishment of the early explorers?

• They found large amounts of gold and silver.
• They gained many new Christian followers.
• They proved that the Earth was round.
• They improved their maps and  navigational tools.

Which is not an area of cooperation?

• Technologies (weapons and farm tools)
• Trade 
• Land
• Crops 

Conquered and enslaved Native Americans

• Spanish
• English
• French
• Native Americans

Brought Christianity to the New World

• English, French, & Spanish
• English, Mali, Spanish
• English, French, Ghana
• Native Americans

Brought disease to the Native Americans.

• European Explorers
• Asian Explorers
• African Explorers
• Native Americans

Navigational Tools such as the one in the picture were used to

• improve agriculture
• prevent disease
• improve exploration
• improve military weapons