Age of Exploration

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

_______________ reached America in 1497. He landed in what is now Canada, and is credited with finding a good fishing spot that made England money.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

To get from Europe to America by traveling west, explorers had to cross the ______________ Ocean. 

• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Artic

This man's expedition traveled completely around the world.

• Marco Polo

• Bartholomew Dias

• Ferdinand Megallen

• Vasco de Gama

What word means to travel completely around something?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

The purpose of Columbus's voyage was to

• find out if the Earth was flat.
• find out if America had gold.
• find out if there was a passage through North America.
• find a short water route to Asia.

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

• Jack Sparrow

• Da Gama

• Dias

• Ahmed Ibn Madjid

Why did Europeans want to explore?

• Hunting for riches
• Spread their religion
• Spices and silks from Asia
• All of the above