European Exploration

What created the desire for Trade?

• Sea travel

• The Renaissance

• Reconquista

• Exploration

What was NOT a reason for the exploration of sea travel?

• Taxation by Italian city-states

• Military blockade of the Silk Road

• End of the Byzantine Empire

• Control of the Silk Road by the Ottoman Empire

What area had to be explored first during European exploration?

• Asia

• North America

• South America

• Africa

What was NOT an improvement done to ships for ocean travel?

• Maps

• Rudder

• Cannons

• Lateen sails

Which country was first to begin exploration?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Portugal

What is NOT one of the three G's of exploration?

• God

• Glory

• Gold

• Greed

Which two explorers found sea routes to Asia?

• da Gama and Magellan

• Magellan and Columbus

• Columbus and Dias

• Dias and da Gama

What is a cartographer?

• A person who makes carts

• A person who makes maps

• A person who sells carts

• A person who charts sales

Why did European nations race to claim land in the "New" world?

• All of the land was being taken by Spain

• A place to send their prisoners

• To gain wealth and power

• To ease overpopulation in their country

Who was the first to find a sea route to Asia?

• Columbus

• da Gama

• Dias

• Magellan