Age of Exploration

Why didn't people travel during the Middle Ages?

• It wasn't safe to travel.
• Europeans didn't know what existed outside their lands.
• Little learning prevented people's curiosity of finding new ways of doing things.
• All of these options

series of wars during the Middle Ages where the Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims.

• Reformation
• Crusades
• Renaissance
• Dark Ages

How did the Crusades spark Europeans to start to explore more?

• Crusaders came back with new products from the Middle East that Europeans never had before and wanted more

• Crusaders came back with new products from Africa that Europeans never had before and wanted more

• Crusaders wanted to spread Christianity to Asia

• Crusaders wanted to establish a trade route from Europe to Africa

Period in European history lasting from the 14th to the 16th century that encouraged a renewed interest in learning and a new renewed curiosity of the world.

• Renaissance

• Crusades

• Dark Ages

• Reformation

What was the MAIN reason for the Age of Exploration to start?

• To find better routes to Asia to buy spices

• To find new land

• To find new people

• For religious freedom

European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

• Caribbean

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?

• Compass

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Improved Maps

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

This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find which direction they were traveling (North, South, East or West)

• Compass

• Compass Rose

• Astrolabe

• Caravel

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Queen Isabella
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan