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

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

What did Queen Isabella do for Christopher Columbus?

• sponsored his exploration
• married him
• made him royalty

In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas created a line of ________.

• love
• demarcation
• money
• people

Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors

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

What explorer sailed all the way around the world?
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)

• Balboa
• Cabot
• Magellan
• De Soto

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus?

• Spain
• England
• Italy
• Portugal

Where did Columbus first take foot in the New World?

• Florida
• Virginia 
• Bahamas 
• New York