Early Explorers (Portuguese)

Magellan's fleet sailed along the coast of South America where they tried to set up colonies. This led to many disagreements and the sailors decided to __________, which means rebel against the captains.

• get along
• mutiny
• make friends with the natives
• leave the continent peacefully

Many sailors didn't get enough vitamin C, which caused them to get ___________.

• typhoid fever
• mumps
• ebola virus
• scurvy

Da Gama's knowledge of _____________ helped keep him and his crew from getting lost.

• astronomy
• compasses
• ancient civilizations
• spices

European explorers were sent to the New World for __________.

• gold, spices, and ships
• gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
• silver, pearls, and slaves
• slaves, navigators, and cartographers

Who was Mel Fisher?

• A man that discovered sunken treasure from a Spanish ship.
• A great historian who kept records of explorer's trips.
• He was a member of Magellan's crew that kept a diary of events.
• He is the son of Bob Fisher.

To go all the way around the Earth is to __________.

• circumnavigate
• equate
• latitudinate
• circulate

Early Portuguese explorers were trying to find __________.

• a new theme park
• a trade route to India
• a new school in Portugal
• a new way to the South Pole

Antonio Pigafetta's journal is an example of a __________.

• primary source
• secondary source
• pieces of eight
• cartography

The Strait of Magellan is a __________.

• passage through Africa
• ruler for explorers
• waterway near the tip of South America
• channel on TV

Henry the Navigator __________.

• was a Portuguese prince
• helped start European exploration and trade
• collected books and charts of the ocean
• all of the above