Age of Explorations

A piece of technology used by sailors that determined their latitude position.

• Astrolave
• Astrolabe
• Astrocave
• Astroship

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find their cardinal directions.

• Compass
• Compass Rose
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?

• Asia
• Africa
• The north pole
• California

Vasco Da Gama

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
• Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians
• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
• First European to make it to North America

Hernando Cortes

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India

• Known for conquering the Aztecs

• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world

• Known for conquering the Incas

Francisco Pizzaro

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
• Known for conquering the Aztecs
• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
• Known for conquering the Incas

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 

Europeans wanted to find which of the following to expand trade with Asia

• precious metals, such as gold and silver

• water

• fur

• lumber

From whom did the Europeans acquire technology?

• French
• Africans
• Arabs
• Indians