European Exploration and Settlement
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What Ideas and inventions encourage Europeans to begin overseas exploration?
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Spanish for “conqueror”; Spaniards who led expeditions to conquer the Americas
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a Roman Catholic religious order focused on education and missionary work
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Why were western European leaders interested in finding new routes to Asia in the 1400s?
They wanted to obtain luxury goods at lower prices.
They wanted to spread their religion to new lands.
They wanted to study new navigational technologies.
They wanted to establish colonies for selling goods.
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Which country had such centralized control over its colonies that it required settlements to be designed like its villages at home?
France
England
Spain
Netherlands
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Why did France sponsor Giovanni da Verrazano’s exploration?
France wanted him to circumnavigate the globe.
France wanted a Northwest Passage for faster trade routes.
France wanted to explore the South American coastline.
France wanted to establish contacts with Native Americans.
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Who controlled the trade in luxury goods between western Europe and Asia by 1200 C.E.?
Spain
England
The Netherlands
Italy
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What was the primary goal of Jesuits in New France?
to trade for fur with Native Americans
to convert Native Americans to Christianity
to conquer Native Americans and establish colonies
to search Native American lands for a Northwest Passage
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England’s southern colonies mainly used what types of settlements?
small towns
plantations
family farms
trading posts
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Why was the caravel important to European exploration?
It made sailing long distances faster and easier.
It protected voyages with military technology.
It helped navigators determine position.
It showed the direction of magnetic north.
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Which activity in North America was more important to the French and the Dutch than it was to the Spanish?
religious conversion
trading with Native Americans
establishing colonies
conquest of land
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