World History Chapter 15

What European first rounded the southern tip of Africa?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

What disease was the scourge of the early voyages of exploration?

• scurvy

• malaria

• smallpox

• the Plague

What were the most valued items to Europeans in their early trade with Asia?

• spices

• silk

• porcelain

• gold and silver

What disrupted Europe's trade with Asia before the 1400s?

• rise of the Mughal and Mongol empires

• rise of monarchs and end of feudalism

• Crusades and Hundred Years War

• Black Death and breakup of the Mongol empire

To sail around the world.

• astrolabe

• caravel

• cartographer

• circumnavigate

• sepoy

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 

What did Queen Isabella do for Christopher Columbus?

• sponsored his exploration

• married him

• made him royalty