Exploration and Technology Review

What do we call scientific knowledge?

• technology
• expedition
• navigation
• empire

What do we call a group of lands ruled by one nation that won control of the lands?

• empire
• expedition
• navigation
• empire

What is the science pf planning and following a route?

• navigation
• expedition
• empire
• technology

What is a trip taken with the goal of exploring?

• expedition
• navigation
• empire
• technology

How were people living in Europe affected by Marco Polo's book?

• all of these are correct
• Europeans wanted to trade with people in Asia
• Europeans merchants were interested in the riches found in Asia
• Europeans wanted to by and sell silks and spices from

Fill in the blank: The Europeans were lacking the ___________they needed to sail to Asia by boat.

• technology
• empire
• riches
• expedition

What three continents did Europeans know about at this time in history?

• Asia, Europe and Africa
• Asia, England and North America
• The Americas, Asia and Europe
• Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton

Prince Henry opened a school of _______.

• navigation
• expedition
• empire
• GPS

What did Prince Henry want to accomplish at his school?

• He wanted to help sailors sail a new ship called a caravel.
• He wanted to make better maps by studying the journals of early explorers.
• He wanted to improve tools like the compass and astrolabe
• He wanted to do all these things

Who were the first Europeans to explore the Americas?

• The Vikings
• The Europeans
• The Spanish
• The French