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Age of Exploration Quiz Review

Age of Exploration Quiz Review. T he European countries had three main goals during the age of exploration- . Spread Christianity. 1. _____________________ . 2 . _____________________ . Expand their Empires. 3. ____________________. Become Rich.

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Age of Exploration Quiz Review

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  1. Age of Exploration Quiz • Review

  2. The European countries had three main goals during the age of exploration- Spread Christianity 1. _____________________ • 2. _____________________ • Expand their Empires 3. ____________________ • Become Rich • 4. The period of time when European Countries first came to the America’s is known as the Age of ______________. • Exploration • 5. By increasing their wealth, European countries could gain __________. • Power

  3. mercantilism • 6. An economic system called ______________ describes how Europeans enriched their treasuries. • 7. The main goal of mercantilism was to increase the money in a country’s treasury by creating a favorable _____________________ • balance of trade. 8. A country had a favorable balance of trade if it had more. _____________________ exports than imports. • goods • 9. Colonies helped a country have the _________to maintain a favorable balance of trade.. 10. Colonies helped European nations grow rich by providing various ______________to the home country. • raw material

  4. 11. Colonies helped European nations grow rich by serving as ________ for goods made in the home country. markets • 12. The American Continent was named after a famous Italian sailor by the name of ___________________. • Amerigo Vespucci. • 13. An economic system called ____________was one of the reasons that Europeans wanted to establish colonies in other lands. mercantilism • 14. To convert Native Americans to Christianity, the Catholic Church established __________ • Missions. • 15. The defeat of the Spanish _________encouraged other nations to challenge Spain. • Armada

  5. 16. The first permanent English Settlement in the Americas was known as ____________. Jamestown 17. Having colonies, benefited European countries because they served as a market for _______ with the home country. • trade • 18. The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between hemispheres is the ______________Exchange. Columbian • Mercantilism 19. The main goal of _______________was to increase the money in a country's treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade. • immunities 20. Native Americans had no ____________to many European diseases.

  6. 21. American crops came to Europe through the • ____________________. Columbian Exchange. • 22. The reason for establishing Missions in Spanish colonial society was to convert Native Americans to _____________. • Christianity 23. The increase in ________through an improved balance of trade was one European goal during the Age of Exploration. wealth 24. The New World received its name from a German Mapmaker who named the continent after______________ • Amerigo Vespucci • 25. Many explorers looked for a Northwest Passage because they thought it was a direct water route to ___________. • Asia

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