Age of Exploration Review

Front

Which explorer is credited with "discovering America"?

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Christopher Columbus

Front

Which explorer is credited with being the first European to sail from Europe to India around Africa?

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Vasco de Gama

Front

Which explorer is credited with mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic?

Back

Henry Hudson

Front

Which explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe?

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Ferdinand Magellan

Front

The global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases.

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Columbian Exchange

Front

Which of the following is NOT one of the motives for Europeans to explore?
Religious freedom,
3 G's (God, Gold, Glory),
Searching for a trade route to Asia

Back

Escape from oppressive rulers

Front

Used for over 1600 years - what was the primary trade route connecting Asia to Europe?

Back

The Silk Road

Front

The need for a direct _______ route to Asia marked the start of the Age of Exploration.

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sea

Front

The first country that started exploring by sea thanks to prince Henry the Navigator was:

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Portugal

Front

A new type of ship capable of sailing in the open ocean.

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caravel