Spanish exploration in the Americas was primarily motivated by the "three Gs":

Answer: God, glory, and gold Spanish conquistadors sought wealth (gold), religious conversion of natives (God), and personal fame/honor (glory).

Columbus's 1492 voyage was funded by

Answer: Spain (Ferdinand and Isabella) Portugal initially rejected him; Spain agreed after the Reconquista's completion.

The oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the present-day United States is

Answer: St. Augustine, FL (founded 1565 by the Spanish) St. Augustine predates Jamestown by 42 years.

AP US History · Topic 1.3

European Exploration in the Americas Practice

Part of Period 1: 1491–1607.

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Sample 1difficulty 2/5
$Spanish exploration in the Americas was primarily motivated by the "three Gs":$
- A
  $God, glory, and gold$
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- B
  $Gates, gold, glass$
- C
  $Grain, grapes, garlic$
- D
  $Geography, government, gunpowder$
Why
$Spanish conquistadors sought wealth (gold), religious conversion of natives (God), and personal fame/honor (glory).$
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Sample 2difficulty 3/5
$Columbus's 1492 voyage was funded by$
- A
  $France (King Charles VIII)$
- B
  $Spain (Ferdinand and Isabella)$
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- C
  $Portugal (King John II)$
- D
  $England (King Henry VII)$
Why
$Portugal initially rejected him; Spain agreed after the Reconquista's completion.$
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Sample 3difficulty 3/5
$The oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the present-day United States is$
- A
  $Jamestown, VA (founded 1607 by the Virginia Company)$
- B
  $St. Augustine, FL (founded 1565 by the Spanish)$
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- C
  $Santa Fe, NM (founded 1610 by Spanish colonial governors)$
- D
  $Plymouth, MA (founded 1620 by the Pilgrim separatists)$
Why
$St. Augustine predates Jamestown by 42 years.$
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Sample 4difficulty 3/5
$The Roanoke Colony (1587), England's first attempted New World settlement,$
- A
  $Mysteriously vanished — the 'Lost Colony'$
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- B
  $Thrived for centuries as a trading port$
- C
  $Was eventually absorbed into Jamestown$
- D
  $Was destroyed in a French naval raid$
Why
$When relief ships returned in 1590, the colonists had vanished, leaving only the word "CROATOAN" carved on a post.$
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Sample 5difficulty 3/5
$French exploration in North America focused primarily on$
- A
  $Gold mining and silver extraction modeled on Spanish operations in Mexico and Peru$
- B
  $Fur trade and missionary activity, especially in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region$
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- C
  $Settling the arid southwest borderlands and converting Pueblo peoples to Catholicism$
- D
  $Plantation agriculture using enslaved African labor in the Mississippi delta region$
Why
$The French formed alliances with Native peoples (especially Hurons) for the lucrative beaver fur trade.$
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