Expansion and Exploration

What time period is classified as the era of Exploration and Expansion?

• 1400-1700
• 1400-1800
• 1500-1700
• 1500-1800

Who were the first 2 countries to take the lead in sea exploration?

• England and France
• Portugal and Spain
• Spain and France
• Portugal and Brazil

Europeans had to travel by sea to get to Asia because___________ were blocking them on land

• Ottoman Turks
• Russians
• Bolsheviks
• Bohemians 

This was a smaller, faster ship used in this time

• Caravel 
• Lateen 
• Astrolabe
• Cartography 

This is the name for map making

• Astrolabe 
• Caravel 
• Cartography
• Illustrations 

What country was Prince Henry the Navigator from?

• Portugal
• Spain
• England
• France

This person executed on their voyage around the World

• Dias

• de Gama

• Columbus

• Magellan

He was sent by England to explore the coast of New England

• de Gama
• Columbus
• Magellan
• Cabot

He is credited with being the first person to circumnavigate the globe 

• Magellan
• Columbus 
• Prince Henry
• Dias 

Columbus first landed in the Americas in 

• 1483
• 1492
• 1497
• 1503