Age of Exploration

Which of the following are reasons for the European expansion of trade routes during the Age of Exploration?

• Find a quicker route to Asia for new goods

• Europe wanted to spread Christianity

• Europe wanted to meet Native Americans and learn their culture

• European countries wanted glory for their countries

Finishes the sentence ...When Columbus arrived in the Americas he discovered...

• A new land with many benefits

• Trade route to Asia

• nothing and felt the King and Queen of Spain should not be informed

• New technology

Based on Columbus's journal, when he encountered the Native Americans, what did he think of them?

• Intelligent people with much to offer

• They were above Columbus and his crew

• The Natives were inferior to him and his crew

• He did not think anything of the Native Americans

What impact did the Columbian exchange have on the people of Europe?

• It did not impact them at all

• Native American beliefs traveled to Europe

• The introduction of new foods and animals

• New weapons from the Natives

Which of the following is true about the Columbian Exchanges impact on the Americas?

• Native Americans gained horses from the Spanish

• New diseases spread in the Americas

• The Native became rich

• Many Native Americans were forced to convert to Christianity

Which of the below is a primary effect of European arrival in the Americas?

• Native Americans died from European diseases

• Native Americans thrived after meeting Europeans

• Europeans provided new foods to Native Americans which made them sick

• There was no effect at all

Which of the following are results of European exploration?

• African Slavery in the Americas

• The expansion of trade routes

• Europeans lost wealth and power

• Cultural diffusion between the Old and New worlds

Which happened first?

• Native Americans die from European diseases

• Europe claims land in the Americas

• Trade expands throughout the entire world

• Columbus arrives in the Americas