Chapter 2 "The Age of Exploration"

The use of knowledge and ideas to create tools.

• navigation
• merchant
• technology
• expedition

a person who sells and buys goods

• navigation
• merchant
• technology
• expedition

a process to plan a course and find a destination

• navigation
• merchant
• technology
• expedition

A navigation tool that helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator.

• astrolabe
• caravel
• magnetic compass
• map

What did Prince Henry do to improve sea travel?

• He made treaties with other countries.
• He sailed around the southern tip of Africa.
• He started a navigation school.
• He hired Bartolomeu Dias.

A settlement far from the country that rules it.

• circumnavigate
• expedition
• colony
• navigation

An organized journey

• circumnavigate
• colony
• expedition
• caravel

to sail completely around the world

• circumnavigate
• colony
• expedition
• caravel

What was one of the reasons that Spanish rulers wanted to fund Columbus's first voyage?

• They wanted to move to an island in the Caribbean Sea.
• They wanted to trade with the Native Americans.
• They wanted to spread Christianity in Asia.
• They were hoping to invade Asian countries.

Why did Hernan Cortes lead an expedition to Mexico?

• The Aztecs invited him to visit.
• He was expelled from Spain.
• He thought he was going to Asia.
• He had heard the Aztec empire had many riches.