Exploration

What is the BEST explanation for Spain's motivation for exploring North America?

• Gold, Glory and God

• Colonizing land in the New World

• Spreading religion to the natives

• Mercantilism

The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

• exploration

• Marine Silk Road

• colonization

• circumnavigate

• gunpowder

• chronometer

• astrolabe

• compass

• compass

• chronometer

• astrolabe

• octant

• chronometer

• sextant

• octant

• gunpowder

• compass

• sextant

• octant

• astrolabe

• sextant

• chronometer

• octant

• astrolabe

Where did Spanish explorers mostly sail?

• Asia

• Americas

• England

• India

At the beginning, what was the purpose of Portuguese explorations?

• trade

• colonization

• sailing

• catch animals

Who's writings inspired future explorers?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo