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Label the countries listed below.
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1. Portugal
2. Spain
3. France
4. England
5. The desire for what good prompted “The Age of Exploration”?
 SPICES____________________________________
6. What continent did Europeans need to reach to get this
desired good?
 ASIA_____________________________________
7. What is the time of European “discovery” of the Americas, Asia,
and Africa called?
 “The Age of Exploration”__________
8. What were the 3 reasons for exploration? Explain each reason.
 GOLD: THEY WANTED NATURAL RESOURCES.
NATURAL RESOURCES=MONEY__________________
 GOD: SPREAD CHRISTIANITY____________________
_______________________________________________________
 GLORY: FAME & MONEY, COMPETING TO BE
#1, AND HAVE THE BIGGEST EMPIRE.___________
9. What country started exploration? PORTUGAL____________
10. How did Prince Henry help with “The Age of Exploration”?
HE FUNDED MANY VOYAGES. HE INVESTED IN
HUMAN CAPITAL BECAUSE HE STARTED A
NAVIGATION SCHOOL THAT TAUGHT PEOPLE
HOW TO BUILD BETTER SHIPS (CARAVEL), MAKE
BETTER MAPS, AND BE BETTER SAILORS. _
11. What 4 exploration & navigation technologies helped with
exploration?
 CARAVEL______________________________
 MAGNETIC COMPASS________________
 ASTROLABE_____________________________
 MAPS_____________________________________
12. What 4 countries explored and established empires in the
Americas, Asia, and Africa?
 ENGLAND________________________________
 FRANCE__________________________________
 SPAIN_____________________________________
 PORTUGAL________________________________
13. What European country explored and colonized Brazil?
 PORTUGAL________________________________
14. What country conquered the Inca and the Aztec in the
Americas?
 SPAIN_____________________________________
15. What country colonized Australia?
 ENGLAND________________________________
16. What did they use Australia for?
 PENAL (PRISON) COLONY________________
17. B______ What letter represents the region where Europeans
wanted to get SPICES from?
18. D______ Christopher Columbus began his journey from what
continent?
19. C_______ The British became the first European to settle THIS
territory in 1788 as a penal (prison) colony. What LETTER
represents the location of this colony?
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