Chapter 3 Lesson 1

What was the name of one well-known Viking Explorer?

• Vasco de Gammo

• Christopher Columbus

• Eric the Red.

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Merchants were

• people who buy and sell goods.

• sailors from the island of Mer.

• a group of people that Lief Ericsson started.

• an early Dutch colony.

What is a reason that European explorers were interested in finding a sea route to Asia?

• Land Routes were long and dangerous.

• Goods from Asia were in demand.

• Cargo ships allowed merchants to transport greater amounts of goods.

• all of the above.

Navigation is

• a process by which directions were determined.

• the process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land.

• a new kind of ship.

• helped sailors know how far North or South they were.

How did an astrolabe improve navigation?

• it told them how to find directions.

• It measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon.

• made boats lighter and easier to sail.

• It helped sailors follow other sailors' routes through unfamiliar waters.

What was the name of the ship that Portuguese shipbuilders invented that had triangular sails?

• an astrolabe

• the titanic.

• a sailboat

• a caravel.

What is one advantage that Portuguese explorers had in the search to find a sea route to Asia.

• Its location on the western coast of Europe.

• It had the largest navy.

• Slave labor rowed boats and made Portuguese boats faster.

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Trading Posts were...

• used to make boats lighter and easier to maneuver.

• stores and small settlements.

Prince Henry's nickname was?

• Eric the Red

• Prince Henry the Stern

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Prince Henry, Conqueror of Asia.

The first explorers to sail around the southern tip of Africa did so with the help of a fierce storm.

• True

• False