world history Chp 2 test

A light, fast sailing ship

• caravel
• circumnavigate
• astrolabe
• compass

To sail completely around the world

• caravel
• circumnavigate
• astrolabe
• compass

A navigation tool that helped promote exploration. It was Used to determine the latitude of a ship at sea by measuring the sun's noon altitude. 

• caravel
• circumnavigate
• astrolabe
• compass

A navigation tool that helped promote exploration. It shows direction relative to the geographic "cardinal directions", or "points".  shows the directions north, south, east, and west

• caravel
• circumnavigate
• astrolabe
• compass

Prince Henry, established a court bringing sailors, mapmakers, astronomers and others interested in navigation. Interested in finding a water route around Africa to India.

• Henry the Navigator
• Vasco de Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. 

• Henry the Navigator
• Vasco de Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

Explorer, believed that he could sail west around the world from Spain to reach china. He thought he succeeded in reaching the indies not knowing he had discovered a new land.

• Henry the Navigator
• Vasco de Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

A Portuguese explorer who set out on an expedition to the East Indies, he was killed along the way in the Philippines but his crew would be the first to circumnavigate  the Earth.

• Henry the Navigator
• Vasco de Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan

English explorer,  explored the south American west coast.

• Sir Francis Drake
• Henry Hudson
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan

English explorer, explored the region around modern New York metropolitan area while looking for a western route to Asia

• Sir Francis Drake
• Henry Hudson
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan