Exploration Motivations

Gold, spreading religion, and conquest are all

• Motivations of exploration

• Obstacles of exploration

• Accomplishments

• The Great Wall of China

The United States is on which continent ?

• North America

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

Poor maps and navigational tools are all examples of

• Obstacles of exploration

• Dora the Explorer

• Motivations of Exploration

• Accomplishments of exploration

Which of the following is not an obstacle of exploration?

• Poor maps and navigational tools

• Disease and starvation

• Fear of the unknown

• Colonial conquest

Which is not an accomplishment of exploration

• Exchanged goods and ideas

• Improved maps and navigational tools

• Claimed territories

• Disease and starvation

What ocean did European explorers have to cross to get to North America from the New World

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• There are no oceans

An example of economic motivation is

• Disease and starvation

• Gold and natural resources

• Do you know the muffin man

• Lack of adequate supplies

During the 13 and 1400's Europe’s trade with Asia was ___________?

• Made easier

• Cut off

• Done by plane

• Approved by both the Ottoman and British empires

During the age of exploration: Europe had just come through the Renaissance. What was the Renaissance?

• The period in Europe’s history at the end of the Middle Ages.

• The period in Europe’s history at the end of the Ice Age

• The period in Europe’s history at the end of the Middle Ages.

• The period in Europe’s history at the end of the Bronze Age

What is an empire

• A group of regions or territories under the control of one ruler (an emperor).

  
  

• A small league of people

  
  

• A conquered nation

• A list of people who make decisions at a baseball game