Age of Exploration

How did the compass and astrolabe help sailors?

• by helping sailors navigate and find their way home
• by showing them which type of ship was best
• by improving the steering of ships
• by helping ships sail faster

What became more accurate as more explorers visited new places?

• oars
• astrolabe
• rudders
• maps

Which explorer led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson
• Vasco da Gama
• Jacques Cartier

What is Pedro Cabral famous for?

• sailing to Antarctica
• discovering South America and the country of Brazil
• being a pirate
• claiming land in Canada for France

Which country was the leader in exploration? 

• Spain 
• Portugal
• Germany
• England

Which country claims the land occupied by letter B?

• France
• England
• Spain
• Portugal

He was a patron of explorers and established a navigation school.

• Hernan Cortez 
• Prince Henry 
• Bartolomeu Dias 
• Vasco da Gama 

First to sail around the southern tip of Africa 

• Francisco Pizarro 
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Sir Francis Drake 
• Bartolomeu Dias 

First to sail directly from Europe to India

• Bartolomeu Dias 
• Vasco da Gama
• Hernan Cortez
• Christopher Columbus 

A way to sail through North America and then on to Asia

• Cape of Good Hope
• Strait of Magellan 
• Sea Route 
• Northwest Passage