Age of Exploration

The narrow dangerous passage "discovered" in 1518 that cuts through the Southern tip of South America is called?

• The Drake Passage

• The Strait(s) of Magellan

• The Chilean Sea

• The Argentinian Bay

In 1488, this Portuguese Explorer was the first to sail to the Cape of Good Hope

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco Da Gama

This man was the main initiator of what would be known as the Age of Discovery. He was the fourth child of the Portuguese king John I and responsible for the early development of Portuguese exploration and maritime trade with other continents.

• Prince Harry

• Prince Lou

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Prince Jake

The cape commonly -but incorrectly -referred to as the Southern tip of Africa is called

• the Cape of Good Hope

• Cape of Well Being

• Cape of Blessed Mary

• Cape of Bad Dreams

June, 30, 1520 is known in Mexico as

• El Bandito dia

• La Bueno Dia

• La Noche Triste

Founded in 1602 in the Netherlands, this Company was responsible for much of the early exploration of North America

• Belgium Caravel Company

• Netherlands Inc.

• Dutch East India Company

• Hudson Corporation

In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed on behalf of which country to the Northern parts of Canada

• The Netherlands (Dutch)

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

The leader of the Incan Empire who was killed in 1533 was named

• Montezuma

• Nefertiti

• Balboa

• Atahualpa

The name of the Pacific Ocean which in Portuguese translates to "Peaceful Sea," was named by whom and in which year?

• Bartolomeu Dias in 1488

• Hernan Cortes in 1519

• Ferdinanad Magellan in 1522

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 1508

This is a narrow strip of land that stretches across a body of water to connect two larger land masses.

• peninsula

• island

• isthmus

• ravine