Explorers

Prince Henry the Navigator was from

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

Which advancement in technology encouraged explorers to travel the seas?

• compass

• astrolabe

• gunpowder

• caravels

Most European countries wanted to find an all-water route to

• far east/Asia

• far west/Asia

• England

• France

What does circumnavigate mean?

• to travel

• to go half way around something

• to sail around the ocean

• to go completely around something

Columbus sailed ______ to get to Asia.

• south

• north

• east

• west

The New World was named after a businessman and navigator named

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry

• Ponce de Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which explorer searched for the "Fountain of youth"?

• Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Moving people and their way of life, food, plants, and goods between Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called

• Circumnavigate

• Columbian Exchange

• Silk Road

• Exploration

To search for new things and places is to

• wonder

• travel

• explore

• circumnavigate

Which explorer discovered an island in the Caribbean in 1492 which he called San Salvador?

• Leif Eriksson

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci