Explorers, Above and Beyond!

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

• Steam Engine

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Rudder

Which of the following inventions, created by Chinese, contributed most to the European military domination of the foreign nations? (7-1.2)

• caravel 
• guillotine
• compass
• gunpowder

Which country was the leader in exploration? (7-1.1)

• Spain 
• Portugal
• Germany
• England

Which European country did NOT claim territory in North America? (7-1.2)

• Spain 
• Italy 
• England
• France

A (n)___________________ is one who makes maps.

• astronomer
• cartographer
• mapmetician 
• physicist

Which country claims the land occupied by letter B?

• France
• England
• Spain
• Portugal

Type of colony that grew in the South Eastern part of the Americas and the Caribbean

• Trade
• Settlement
• Plantation
• Essential

Why did Countries in Europe first start Exploring

• Their countries were overcrowed

• They wanted to learn about other countries

• Mercantilism told them to

• The wanted to find a new way to Asia

Why did Explorers want to get to Asia?

• Why not

• They wanted spices and cloth that could only be found in Asia

• They wanted slaves from Asia

• They wanted to get natural resources from Asia

Who discovered the Americas

• Christopher Columbus

• Native Americans

• Henry the Navigator

• Henry Hudson

• John Cabot