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All of the following were reasons that European countries wanted to explore except?
a) Economic Motivation
b) Religious Motivation
c) Competitive Motivation
d) Intrinsic Motivation

All of the following are known as the 3 G's EXCEPT
a) Gold
b) God
c) Glory
d) Genetics

Which of the following is one of the obstacles to exploration?
a) Poor maps and navigational tools
b) Exchanging Ideas and goods
c) New Land
d) Improved medicine

_________ and __________ took a hard toll on European explorers.
a) Goods and Ideas
b) Better ships and navigational tools
c) Disease and starvation
d) claims on new land

Improved ________________ ___________ and better ships made ocean travel easier for European explorers.
a) medical knowledge
b) Religious Motivation
c) weather
d) navigational tools

Who was in competition to extend their power to North America?
a) Africa, China, Spain
b) France, Spain, Britain
c) Australia, France, Britain
d) France, Spain, Germany

__________ brought European diseases which killed many Native Americans.
a) The French
b) The Germans
c) The Spanish
d) The English

What ocean did the Europeans have to cross to get to the New World?
a) The Atlantic
b) The Pacific
c) The Southern
d) The Arctic

The New World refers to which two continents?
a) Australia and India
b) Europe and Asia
c) Asia and Africa
d) North America and South America

What was the belief behind the European's competitive (Glory) motivation?
a) Spread Christianity
b) They believed their culture was superior
c) Gold
d) Natural Resources and Trade

____________________ claimed the southwest United States for Spain.
a) Francisco Coronado
b) Juan Ponce de Leon
c) Samuel de Champlain
d) Robert La Salle

_________________ claimed present day Florida.
a) Robert La Salle
b) Juan Ponce de Leon
c) Samuel de Champlain
d) Francisco Coronado

__________________ established the French settlement of Quebec.
a) Francisco Coronado
b) Juan Ponce de Leon
c) Samuel de Champlain
d) Robert La Salle

______________________ claimed the Mississippi River Valley.
a) Francisco Coronado
b) Juan Ponce de Leon
c) Samuel de Champlain
d) Robert La Salle

_________________________ explored eastern Canada.
a) John Cabot
b) Robert La Salle
c) Samuel de Champlain
d) Francisco Coronado

___________________ explored the East Coast of North America.
a) John Cabot
b) Sir Walter Raleigh
c) Samuel de Champlain
d) Robert La Salle

Where did Juan Ponce de Leon settle?
a) Florida
b) Hispaniola
c) Puerto Rico
d) Dominican Republic

Samuel de Champlain is often called the father of?
a) New World
b) New Span
c) New England
d) New France

What was the name of the territory La Salle founded at the base of the Mississippi river?
a) Louisiana
b) New Orleans
c) Mississippi Purchase
d) Florida

How did John Cabot die?
a) His crew revolted and killed him.
b) His ship sunk because of a storm.
c) He was beheaded by the king for treason.
d) He got sick and never recovered.

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