Chapter 21: The Age of Exploration and Trade

During the 1400's and 1500's, exploration and trade grew as the ability to print maps and navigational books were improved, leading to what age?

• Age of Exploration
• Age of Trade
• Age of Enlightenment
• Age of Discovery

What strong kingdoms, with ports on the Atlantic Ocean and searching for sea routes to Asia, emerged in Europe by the end of the 1400's?

• Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland
• Portugal, Spain, France, England
• Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria
• Holland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales

What work of a Greek geographer did the Europeans adopt for overseas exploration?

• Henry the Navigator's Maps
• Magellan's Maps
• Ptolemy's Maps
• Dias' Maps

What inventions by the Arabs, made European  exploration possible?

• GPS, satellite, radio waves
• Guitar, magnifying glass, algebra
• Coffee, toothbrush, hospitals
• Astrolabe, compass, triangular sails

Europeans wanted to find a water route to  Asia because

• The mongols lost power and overland trade became disrupted/dangerous
• Chinese lost power over the silk road
• India lost power and traders stopped trading
• Germanic tribes lost power over trading

What Portugal prince helped to find a water route to Asia by exploring Africa in 1420?

• Henry the Navigator
• Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Columbus

In 1488, What Portuguese explorer sailed to Africa's southern tip?

• Henry the Navigator
• Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Columbus

In 1497, who found a water route to Asia by rounding  the tip of Africa and landing on India's southwest coast?

• Henry the Navigator
• Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Columbus

What Italian navigator got Ferdinand  and Isabella of Spain to give him 3 ships to sail west across the Atlantic to find Asia, only to reach America in 1492?

• Henry the Navigator
• Dias
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

In 1497, what Englishman explored the North American coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia but did not find a waterway to Asia?

• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Magellan
• Verrazzano