European Exploration

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean. 

• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Artic

Who sponsored Columbus' expedition to the Americas?

• Italy
• Spain
• France
• England

Which was a motivation for European exploration

• Cooking

• Vacation

• Gold

• College

Which was not a motivation for European exploration

• War

• spices

• religion

• trade

Europeans were trying to find a ____________ route to get from Europe to Asia.

• land

• air

• water

Europeans needed to find a route to trade with

• Africa

• Australia

• Asia

• America

European monarchs wanted to break the hold that these two groups of people had on trade.

• Native Americans and Indians

• Muslims and Italians

• Europeans and Africans

European trade with th e East could be described as

• fun and dangerous

• short and relaxing

• Easy and cheap

• Expensive and difficult