Age of Exploration

A Spanish conqueror in the New World (Americas) is a __

• coronado

• conquistador

• tariff

• caravel

Device that allows sailors to determine location using latitude is ___.

• astrolabe

• circumnavigate

• caravel

• import

The route that slave-ships travelled was called the?

• Bermuda Triangle

• Middle Passage

• Atlantic Passage

• Spanish Pass

How were people in the New World affected by the Columbian Exchange?

• They were happier

• They developed vaccines to cure diseases

• They became friends with the natives

• They died from diseases

A system created by the Spanish government in the Americas allowing colonists to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans

• Indigenous
• Columbian Exchange
• Encomienda
• Imperialism

To travel completely around Earth.

• circumnavigate

• navigate

• Indulgence

• astrolabe

Henry also employed cartographers. What is a cartographer?

• a cart maker

• a sailor

• map maker

• conquistador

Why was Prince Henry known as “the Navigator?”

• Henry owned a globe when many people thought the world was flat.

• He was a good map maker

• His maritime institute helped make it possible for the first Europeans to explore Africa.

• Henry was the first to sail around the world.

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia

• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy

• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea

• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

The "Old World " was considered to be the continents of...

• Europe, Africa, and Asia
• North and South America
• Australia and Canada
• Asia and North America