Age of Exploration

Three motivations for European explorers: Gold, Glory and

• Grace

• Greed

• God

• Great fun

Explorers were aided by a new type of ship, that used triangular sails to sail against the wind and had a large cargo area, called the

• caravel

• compass

• ducado

• lateen

Which Portuguese explorer was the first to establish a sea route to India?

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomeau Dias

• Amerigo Vespucci

Like Columbus, most Europeans in the 1400s thought the world

• had no boundaries

• was flat

• centered around Europe

• was round

Early Portuguese leader who took advantage of new technologies and founded a navigation school and explored the west coast of Africa

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortez

• Prince Henry the Navigator

The trade for ____________ was the primary thing that motivated Europeans to try and find a sea route to Asia.

• Fur

• Gold

• Spices

• Lumber

Hernan Cortez explored Mexico and

• conquered the Aztec Empire.

• became ruler of the Inca Empire.

• Sailed around the world.

• Claimed that the new lands were NOT part of Asia, but a new place.

After Magellan’s death, his crew returned to Spain in 1522 and became the first sailors to

• sail around the world.

• sail around the tip of Africa.

• land on North America.

• land on South America.

The area around the Mississippi River and Great Lakes was claimed by

• Portugal

• France

• Spain

• England

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who

• gained much gold and silver by attacking the Inca Empire.

• was the first to reach India.

• became the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa

• traded furs with the Native Americans