Age of Exploration

What is an astrolabe? 

• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• None of the above. 

What is a caravel?

• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• All of the above. 

What was a magnetic compass? 

• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• None of the above. 

Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to sail around the world. This is known as what?

• Circumnavigation
• Compass
• Mercantilism
• Northwest Passage

Henry the Navigator financed many expeditions for Portugal

• True
• False

Cortes is known for brutally taking over the Aztec empire.

• True
• False

Europeans called the Americas the ______, even though Native Americans had lived there for thousands of years.

• New World
• Indies
• Strange Land

What was the name of the time period in the 1500s when European explorers started searching for new lands?

• Explor-a-rama
• The Age of Exploration
• Scientific Revolution
• The Age of New Discovery

True or False: One reason Europeans were motivated to explore new lands was because they wanted to teach others about Christianity.

• True
• False

True or False: European explorers did not bring back anything valuable from the New World.

• True 
• False