Studies Weekly: Week 7: Early Exploration

What is the name of the bold, black line pictured on the map?

• lingitude

• equator

• prime meridiean

• latitude

Vasco de Gama was a famous Portuguese sailor who helped connect continents of the world via trade.

Select the facts below that you know to be true about de Gama, based on this week's Studies Weekly:

• followed Henry the Navigator's route away from Portugal

• navigated the open sea with his knowledge of astronomy

• followed Hernando de Soto's route away from Portugal

• opened an important spice trade route between Europe and India

Where did Ferdinand Magellan die?

• Africa

• Philipines

• South America

• India

• China

Whose journal survived going all the way around the world?

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Antonio Pigafetta

• Hernan Cortez

Which explorer, pictured here, used astronomy to help guide his journeys?

• Vasco de Gama

• Antonio Pigafetta

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Coronado

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Which explorer, pictured here was part of the successful circumnaviation of the earth by going west?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Francisco Coronado

• Antonio Pigafetta

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Which explorer, pictured here wrote about his journey when circumnavigating the globe along with Ferdinand Magellan?

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernan Cortez

• Antoni Pigafetta

• Ferdinand Magellan

What are lines of latitude?

• Prime meridian

• lines that run north to south

• lines that run east to west

• south to northwest

What are lines of longitude

• Meridian lines

• Lines that run North to Southwest

• Lines that run Northeast to West

• Lines that run North to South

How many days did it take Magellan’s crew to complete their journey? More than one answer.

• Easy! One day + (3 x 360)

• 1081 days

• 23

• 132

• (500 x 2) + 90- 9