Exploration

The reason that Europe first began exploring was to find a sea route from Europe to where?

• Asia

• Antartica

• Africa

• North America

________ was the first man to circumnavigate the globe.

• Vasco Da Gama

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Cortes

The term "circumnavigate" means to:

• use a compass

• sail completely around the world

• find a map

• use an astrolabe

Who was the first person to sail around the tip of Africa?

• Bartolomeau Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco De Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

The first country to begin exploring by sea was __________.

• Spain

• Italy

• Portugal

• England

The first Portuguese man to reach India by was was who?

• Marvin Acme

• Bernal Diaz

• Vasco Da Gama

• Fernando Venezuela

The ________ helped sailors know what direction they were headed.

• compass

• map

• astrolabe

• caravel

This instrument allowed Europeans to calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon?

• compass

• map

• astrolabe

• caravel

Conquistadors were conquerors in the America's from what country?

• Fance

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

________ was the conquistador who defeated the Aztecs.

• Columubs

• Magellan

• Da Gama

• Cortes