exploration

The Age of Exloration

1394 - 1611 (217years)

Proven Earth is round

1. 1519 Portuguese sea captain set off with 5 Spanish ships and 230 men to around the world

2. No food many died, Only one of the ships crept back into a Spanish harbor and just 18 alive

3. They had proven Earth is round

Multiple Choice

Who leaded 5 Spanish ships and 230 men to around the world?

• Christopher Columbus
• A Portuguese sea captain

• Vasco da Gama
• Amerigo Vespucci

Multiple Choice

in Which year A Portugueses leader 5 Spanish ships and 230 men to around the world?

• 1776
• 1519
• 1607
• 1492

Multiple Choice

What the Portuguese sea captain ' crews had proven ?

• They found a shortcut to India
• They discovered a new continent
• The Earth was round
• The Earth was flat

​The Age of Exloration

Eurpopeans Journey Eastward

Explorers Sail the World

Other Europeans Explore

Europeans Journey Eastward​

A prince's school for Navigators​
( in the late 1400s)

Sailing Around Africa
(In 1469)

Marco Polo

1. Visited China in the late 1200s.

   Took 20 years

2. Brought back silks and spices , sold for great profits in Europe for Asian goods

3. Few ewre willing to risk Polo's journey - (risked death on the silk road of central Asia)

Fill in the Blank

Why were Europeans eager to reach Asia?

A Prince's School for Navigators

1. Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460) finding a sea route the the riches of Africa and Asia

2. He built a school , most skillful sailors, mapmakers, shipbuilders , they improved the compass and the astrolabe and update maps.

3. they developed a new ship -- CARAVEL. mix with European ships and Arab bouts. couldsail in almost any direction.

​EAGER TO REACH ASIA

Multiple Choice

In the late 1400s, Who built a school for Navigators?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

Multiple Choice

What the name of the new ship that Prince Henry 's school developed?

• The Caravel
• The Brigantine
• The Schooner
• The Galleon

Multiple Choice

Caravel mixed with what kinds of ships styles?

• clipper and schooner
• European ships and 3-sided sails of Arab boats

• sloop and frigate
• brig and galleon

Multiple Choice

What the new ship Caravel different of the old ship?

• Slower, less maneuverable, larger crew size
• Heavier, less durable, more crew members
• Older design, less efficient, outdated technology
• Faster, more maneuverable, could sail in almost any direction

Sailing Around Africa

Vasco da Gama

• 1469, A portuguese named Bartolomeau Dias sailed around the southern trip of Africa, the cape of Good Hope

• 1488, Dias had dissvovered a sea route from Europe to Asia

Bartolomeau Dias

• 1497, Another Portuguese Vasco da Gama reached India, the frist European to sail so far east,

• 1502, Returned to India with warships to conquer rich prot cities for Portugal

• This began a period of European rule in India that lastyed more than 400 years

Multiple Choice

Who is Bartolomeu Dias?

• Spanish sailor
• French artist
• Chinese philosopher
• Portuguese explorer

Multiple Choice

In 1469, Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa , the Cape of Good Hope?

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Bartolomeu Dias

Multiple Choice

In 1488, Who discovered a sea route from Europe to Asia?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus

Multiple Choice

Who is the first European to sail so far east to India?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

Multiple Choice

What cause let India began a period of European rule more than 400 years?

• Discovery of the New World by Amerigo Vespucci
• Arrival of Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus
• Arrival of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama
• Establishment of the British East India Company