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European Exploration Quiz
Test Description: Review of European explorers and reasons for exploration and colonization.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was not a reason for European exploration?
A
European nations wanted to gain control of natural resources in new lands.
B
Europeans wanted to spread Christianity.
C
Europeans wanted to learn from the natives in the New World.
D
Europeans were looking for a shorter route to transport spices.
2) Which of the following people started a school of Navigation?
A
Samuel de Champlain
B
Prince Henry the Navigator
C
Ferdinand Magellan
D
Christopher Columbus
3) Which of the following was a reason that Christopher Columbus was exploring when he found the Caribbean Islands?
A
He wanted to become the ruler of the natives in the new world.
B
He was looking for a new route to Asia that was faster than going around Africa.
C
He heard of the new world, and wanted to see it for himself.
D
He went in search of new land where he could create his own country.
4) Which empire was the largest and most dominant during European exploration?
A
Spain
B
England
C
France
D
Portugal
5) Which of the following was a French explorer who settled in North American and founded the colony of Quebec?
A
Ponce de Leon
B
Samuel de Champlain
C
Ferdinand Magellan
D
Christopher Columbus
6) Which of the following explorers is known for circumnavigating the world?
A
Ferdinand Magellan
B
Christopher Columbus
C
Prince Henry the Navigator
D
Samuel de Champlain
7) What is mercantilism?
A
Exploration of the European countries in the New World.
B
Taxation without representation
C
The creation of the East India Company.
D
A policy where the colonies provide the mother country with resources an goods.
8) Which of the following explorers was first to sail around the tip of Africa and reach India?
A
Vasco da Gama
B
Christopher Columbus
C
John Cabot
D
Ferdinand Magellan
9) Which of the following is an explorer for England?
A
Samuel de Champlain
B
John Cabot
C
Vasco da Gama
D
Christopher Columbus
10) Which of the following is an explorer for Spain?
A
Samuel de Champlain
B
Vasco da Gama
C
Prince Henry the Navigator
D
Christopher Columbus
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