Exploration and Discoveries Flashcard

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Which was a purpose of Spanish and Portuguese voyages of exploration?

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establishing sea routes to the Indies to make profits from trade

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Which Portuguese nobleman led a fleet of 13 ships on a voyage to India but first sailed west to use the winds?

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Pedro Cabral

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Which is not an accurate description of Christopher Columbus? Options: an Italian seafarer who gained sponsorship from Spain, a Spanish explorer who accurately estimated the sizes of Asia and Europe, a talented navigator who relied on faulty estimates of the earth's circumference, the European explorer who was convinced he had reached the Indies when he made landfall in the Americas

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a Spanish explorer who accurately estimated the sizes of Asia and Europe

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Who was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the globe?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Which is an accurate description of Bartolomeu Dias?

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He was sent by the Portuguese court to find the southern tip of Africa.

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Which is an accurate use of the term "New World"?

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the fifteenth and sixteenth century European view of the Americas