Age of Exploration

What did historians call the time of new ideas ?

• The New Era
• The Renaissance
• The Resistance

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What were European searching for when they FIRST started exploring the Americas?

• places to start new colonies
• new kinds of plants and animals
• a faster and easiersea route to Asia
• religious and political freedom

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The Age of Exploration was made possible by ___?

• The creation of indoor plumbing
• The creation of the astrolabe
• The development of fishing poles
• Funding by the Chinese government

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Why was Johannes Gutenberg's printing press important?

• It allowed the Catholic Church to print the Bible.
• It helped spread knowledge by printing more books in a faster and less expensive matter.
• It allowed for the printing of exquisite art.
• It wasn't as important as is commonly believed.

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What explorer and group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years BEFORE Christopher Columbus?

• Henry Hudson and the Dutch
• John Cabot and the English
• Christopher Columbus and the Spanish
• Leif Erikson and the Vikings

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Which European nation sponsored Columbus's expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?

• England
• France
• Portugal
• Spain

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Prince Henry the Navigator was important because he ___________.

• Created a navigation school to study the new technology.
• Sailed around the world.
• Wanted God, Gold and Glory.
• Colonized South America.

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What were Europeans who set up and ran their own expeditions called?

• empires

• monarchs

• entrepreneurs

• sailors

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What did Columbus bring back from his travels?

• silk

• spices

• animals

• boats

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Columbus captured Tantino people and took them home to Spain.

• True

• False

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