Exploration & Colonization Quiz

Which dot represents the area where the English mainly explored (and colonized later on)?

What were some major push factors for English exploration and colonization? (mark as many as apply)

• overpopulation

• resource wealth

• religious persecution

• religious freedom

• resource scarcity

A nation establishes colonies and extracts raw materials from them, then sells manufactured goods back to its colonies and foreign markets. This would be an example of...​ (a)  

• mercantilism
• northwest passage
• subsistence farming
• persecution

What were some major pull factors motivating European exploration?

• spreading of Christianity

• religious conflicts with Islam

• extracting valuable resources

• seeking new trade routes to Asia

• conflicts with Islam (the Crusades)

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found utopian communities

The transfer of goods, crops and diseases between the eastern and western hemispheres during the Age of Exploration

• The Reformation

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

What is a Pull Factor?

• A refugee

• The motion of a see saw

• Something that attracts people to move to a new place

What areas were primarily explored and claimed by the French during the Age of Exploration?

Identify pull factors of Spanish exploration (mark all that apply)

• competition with other kingdoms

• resource wealth for empire

• religious freedom

• spreading Catholicism

Which are the main areas explored and colonized by Spain during the Age of Exploration?