European Exploration

European explorers came to America for all the following reasons. Select all that apply.

• Gold

• Grapes

• God

• Glory

The trade of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas in 1400s and 1500s was known as

• Missionary

• Capitalism

• Columbian Exchange

• The Slave Trade

What were early European explorers who came to North America looking for?

• The Silk Road - to cross into Asia by land

• The Cape of Good Hope - to get around the southern tip of Africa

• The North Pole - to pass through the Arctic Circle

• The Northwest Passage - a short, direct route to Asia

Which of the following is the definition of import?

• To bring into a country

• To ship out of a country

• A person who spreads the message of Christianity

• An economic policy meant to profit the mother country

Which of the following is the definition of a missionary?

• To bring into a country

• To ship out of a country

• A person who spreads the message of Christianity

• An economic policy meant to profit the mother country

Which of the following is the definition of mercantilism?

• To bring into a country

• To ship out of a country

• A person who spreads the message of Christianity

• An economic policy meant to profit the mother country

Which of the following is the definition of export?

• To bring into a country

• To ship out of a country

• A person who spreads the message of Christianity

• An economic policy meant to profit the mother country

What continent was Christopher Columbus searching for when set sail in 1492?

• Australia

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

The goal of mercantilism (and any modern economic system) is to have...

• more imports than exports

• equal imports and exports

• more exports than imports

In which year did Columbus first reach North America?

• 32

• 1308

• 1492

• 1608