The Age of Exploration to World War I Study Guide

1.  Why did Europeans begin the Age of Exploration? to find better trade routes to Asia to help increase their profit from trade

2.  How did Prince Henry contribute to the accomplishments of sailors during the Age of Explorations? founded a school of navigation, financed voyages, employed mapmakers, and had the caravel created

3.  What country was one of the first to search for new trade routes to Asia andreach the India by sea? Portugal

4.  Why did European traders go to the Spice Islands? to get spices they could not get in Europe like pepper, cloves, andcinnamon

5.  Where did Columbus land in 1492 while searching for a new route to Asia? the Caribbean Islands

6.  How did the development of caravels help sailors explore more areas of the world? the smaller, lighter ships with the new type of sails couldsail in the open seas and along the coastline

7.  Why did European countries want colonies? To expand their empires, to trade with, to spread Christianity, and to have access to natural resources

8.  Why did the British colonize Australia? to help ease the overcrowding in the British prisons

9.  What religion did Europeans want to spread to Africa? Christianity

10.  What happened to Czar Nicholas II in 1917? he was overthrown during the Russian Revolution and later executed

11.  What type of government did Czar Nicholas II have in Russia? an autocracy

12.  Who was Vladimir Lenin? he became the leader of the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution

13.  What were some of the causes of WWI? imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and alliances

14.  What European country's empire included Mexico, Peru, and the Philippine Islands? Spain

15.  What was the Scramble for Africa? The division of Africa into colonies by the European countries in the late 1800s

16.  How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? took away their colonies, took some of their valuable land (like what became Poland), made them pay huge reparations, and limited their size of their military

17.  What country settled present-day Canada and Mississippi River area? France

18.  What country established settlements in Brazil and received gold and sugar from there? Portugal

19.  Whose assassination trigged the beginning of World War I? Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife

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