Age of Exploration

What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?

• The edge of the Earth
• Giant sea monsters
• New trading routes
• New continents

Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

• To find gold and silver
• To find lands they could colonize
• To find new trading routes to the East Indies
• All of the above

The treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New ?World between what two countries?

• Spain and Portugal

• England and France
• Germany and Austria
• Italy and Greece

Who was Henry the Navigator?

• the first European to sale around the South of Africa
• the First explorer to discover the Americas
• The conqueror of the Inca Empire in South  America
• The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of Africa

Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of Africa to India?

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernan Cortes
• Henry the Navigator

What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus where he discovered the Americas?

• England
• Spain
• Portugal
• Italy

Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became the United States? 

• Spain
• Netherlands
• England
• Portugal

Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

• Christopher Columbus
• Bartholomeu Dias
• Francisco Pizarro  
• Hernan Cortes

True or False: The Age of Exploration took place at about the same time as the European Renaissance?

• True
• False

What area of the world was still not mapped at the end of the Age of Exploration?

• Much of Central Africa
• Arctic and Antarctic
• East Australia
• All of the above