Age of Exploration

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

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

The art and science of map making is called:

• cartography
• mapography
• quilting
• mapology

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

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

• compass
• caravel
• astrolabe

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors

Two things that conquistadors had that the Native Americans did not: horses and _______

• families
• gold
• guns
• land

The Portuguese had a major issue in trying to reach Asia by water. What was it?

• England
• Magic Islands
• They didn't have boats. 
• Africa

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

This Explorer was the first to establish an Indian trade route by sailing south around the Cape of Good Hope.

• Vasco de Gama

• Bartholomew Dias

• John Cabot

• Hernan Cortez