Explorer Review- Anna Kelley

A new ship designed by Portuguese shipbuilders, which had several masts instead of one, and a rudder to steer the ship’s course was called a _______.

• Lateen Sail

• Compass

• astrolabe

• caravel

An instrument used by sailors to determine the direction (North, South, East or West) in which they are sailing is known as a ________________.

• Lateen Sails

• Compass

• circumnavigate

• Line of Demarcation

Moving streams of water that would allow a ship to travel faster through the ocean are called ________________.

• Currents

• Wind Patterns

• conquistador

• Treaty of Tordesillas

A group of territories or nations under a single government is known as an ____________.

• Global Exploration

• compass

• Empire

• Line of Demarcation

Triangular sails developed by Arab traders, which improved the speed which the ships traveled, were called ____________________________.

• lateen sails

• astrolabe

• wind patterns

• Line of Demarcation

__________________________ could carry a ship forward or blow it off course.

• Wind Patterns

• circumnavigate

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• caravel

An ________________________ was an ancient instrument used to find latitude.

• currents

• global exploration

• astrolabe

• conquistadors

The ___________________________________ was an imaginary line created by the Pope,running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole. Spain was to control all lands west of the line and Portugal would control all lands east of the line.

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• astrolabe

• caravel

• Line of Demarcation

_________________________________ were conquerors who were often poor Spanish nobles who traveled to the Americas seeking wealth.

• caravel

• Line of Demarcation

• Conquistadors

• lateen sails

Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was the first to __________________________, or, sail all around the world.

• Circumnavigate

• astrolabe

• global exploration

• wind patterns