Europeans Explore the East - Module 16 Lesson 2

Multiple Choice

What technological advancement allowed explorers from this period to sail against the wind?

• The astrolabe

• The sextant

• The caravel

• The magnetic compass

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason for European exploration in the 1400s?

• The desire to spread Christianity

• The desire for new sources of wealth

• The desire to establish overseas colonies

• To escape religious persecution

Multiple Choice

Who promoted Portuguese exploration by establishing a navigation school?

• Prince Henry

• Bartolome Dias

• Vasco Da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

Multiple Choice

Who was the first explorer to discover a sea route to Asia from Europe?

• Bartolome Dias

• Prince Henry

• Vasco da Gama

• Henry Hudson

Multiple Choice

The Treaty of Tordesillas helped to settle a dispute between which two countries?

• England and France

• Portugal and England

• England and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

Multiple Choice

Which country had more ships than any other country in 1600?

• England

• France

• The Dutch Republic

• Spain

Open Ended

What inventions aided in exploration?

Multiple Choice

Who were the first Europeans to round the tip of Africa?

• The Portuguese

• The English

• The French

• The Dutch

Multiple Choice

Who established dominance in the Indian Ocean trade after the Portuguese?

• The Dutch

• The English

• The Spanish

• The French