Unit 10: The Age of Exploration

Which of the following best explained why European rulers encouraged ocean exploration?

• They wanted to find new trade routes.

• They wanted to conquer new lands.

• They wanted to spread Islam.

• They wanted to test new navigational tools.

The art and science of map making is called:

• cartography

• mapography

• quilting

• mapology

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?

• compass

• caravel

• astrolabe

Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water

• navigation ship

• caravel

• astrolabe

• compass

In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas created a line of ________.

• love

• demarcation

• money

• people

How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?

• He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again

• He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people

• He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it

• Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage

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

In regards to the Columbian Exchange, what was the major factor that killed majority of the Native Americans?

• They died from starvation
• They died from disease
• They died from battle
• They died from poor nutrition 

How did Prince Henry of Portugal contribute to the Age of Exploration?

• He invented the astrolabe so explorers could sail further into the ocean.

• He was the first to sail around Africa leading to a trade route by water to India.

• He developed a school of navigation that prepared future explorers with the necessary skills.

• He was the first European to discover the New World leading to wave of explorers looking to wealth.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

• Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

• Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

• Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

• Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal