Unit 9: Age of Exploration

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

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

• precious metals
• water
• fur
• lumber

From whom did the Europeans acquire technology?

• French
• Africans
• Arabs
• Indians

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

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Queen Isabella
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan 

In which direction did the Spanish sail?

• East
• North
• West
• South

What did Queen Isabella do for Christopher Columbus?

• sponsored his exploration
• married him
• made him royalty

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors