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What motivated Europeans to explore during the Age of Discovery?
a) Trade
b) Fossil Fuels
c) Feudalism
d) Agriculture

What two countries conquered the most land in South America during the Age of Discovery?
a) France and Russia
b) England and France
c) Spain and Portugal
d) Germany and the Netherlands

What does the Age of Discovery refer to?
a) A manor controlled by nobles and worked by serfs
b) African explorers traveling all over the world
c) Asian explorers traveling to America
d) European explorers traveling all over the world

What were the five major countries that sent out explorers?
a) Greece, Ottoman Empire, Italy, France, Germany
b) Spain, France, England, Netherlands, Portugal
c) Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela, Brazil
d) Sweden, Astonia, Finland, Norway, Russia

All of the following were reason Europed explored the New World EXCEPT?
a) To find gold, silver, and precious gems
b) To spread Christianity
c) To establish naval bases to attack the Ottoman Empire
d) To find raw materials to use in trade

Which explorer sailed around the tip of South America to the Pacific Ocean?
a) Columbus
b) Magellan
c) De Soto
d) da Gama

Which country did Jacques Cartier sail for?
a) France
b) Portugal
c) England
d) Spain

Which country did da Gama sail for?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Portugal
d) England

Which explorer's crew circumnavigated the globe?
a) Magellan
b) Pizarro
c) Balboa
d) Cortes

What were Cartier and Cabot looking for on their voyages?
a) The West Indies
b) Quebec
c) An eastern route to Asia
d) A Northwest Passage

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