Explorations and Voyages

During the 1400's and 1500's, exploration and trade grew as the ability to print maps and navigational books were improved, leading to what age? Hint: Look at the title for Chp 17 Notes.

• Age of Exploration

• Age of Trade

• Age of Enlightenment

• Age of Discovery

What strong kingdoms, with ports on the Atlantic Ocean and searching for sea routes to Asia, emerged in Europe by the end of the 1400's?

• Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland
• Portugal, Spain, France, England
• Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria
• Holland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales

What inventions by the Arabs, made European  exploration possible?

• GPS, satellite, radio waves
• Guitar, magnifying glass, algebra
• Coffee, toothbrush, hospitals
• Astrolabe, compass, triangular sails

What Italian navigator got Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain to give him 3 ships to sail west across the Atlantic to find Asia, only to reach the Caribbean in 1492?

• Henry the Navigator

• Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

What Italian explorer, in 1499, became convinced Columbus discovered a "new world" that mapmakers labeled America?

• Vasco da Gama

• Magellan

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

In 1519, Spain hired whom to lead an expedition that sailed west and finally circumnavigated or sailed around the world?

• Magellan

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Verrazzano

What were motives for exploration?

• Write a book about it

• Gold, God, Glory

• Land, food, water

• Position in the government

What result  of the Columbian Exchange helped Europeans the most in conquering the Native Americans?

• Diseases
• Slaves
• Guns
• Soldiers

What is global exchange of people, plants, animals, technology, ideas, and diseases called?

• Magellan Exchange
• Exploration Exchange
• Trade Exchange
• Columbian Exchange

Which country claims the land occupied by letter B? Hint: On the board.

• France

• England

• Spain

• Portugal