Explorers review

Most of the technological advances of the 1400-1500s helped explorers with what?

• medicine to live longer

• navigating the seas

• communicating over long distances

• spreading different religions to parts of the world

How did a magnetic compass help with exploration?

• helped the explorers map the stars

• it allowed their boats to sail with the wind in any direction

• it helped make exploration more exact

• it did not help in any way

How did the sails of the Caravel improve sailing?

• they made the ship faster than the viking boats

• sailors had more directional control

• they were the biggest boats ever built

• it limited the amount of time a person could sail

How did the pursuit for wealth affect European economics?

• mercantilism grew, motivating countries to profit from global trade

• it let to the elimination of the middle class in Europe

• capitalism was born in the United States

• kings did not encourage colonization or exploration anymore

All of these are reasons behind exploration, EXCEPT FOR:

• for fame, fortune, and status

• to acquire great wealth

• the desire to spread Christianity

• to find new ways to get to Antarctica

What is one effect today of Christopher Columbus' journeys?

• enslavement of Chinese slaves to America

• Catholicism is a major religion in Latin America

• the increase of the Mayan population

• the creation of the United States

Which explorer didn't actually explore, but went on trading trips to show off the wealth of their country?

• Columbus

• Dias

• Magellan

• Zheng He

What role did Prince Henry have in exploration?

• he found the first sea route to India
• he established several navigation schools
• he was the first to circumnavigate the globe
• he discovered the new world

Which explorer finally found a sea route that connected the European world with India?

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

Which country conquered and set up the colony of Brazil?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain