Age of Exploration

The monarchy of Spain agreed to finance Columbus' maiden voyage to the New World.

• Prince Henry & Phillipa

• Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand

• Henry VIII

• Francis I

• Charles V

To sail or travel all the way around is __________

• detour

• compass

• circus

• circumnavigate

An instrument that points to the magnetic north.

• circumnavigate

• compass

• astrolabe

• quadrant

The three ships of Christopher Columbus were __________

• Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

• Nina, Pinta, La Quinta

• Larry, Joe, Moe

• Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup

Italian explorer & navigator; the New World was named after him

• Amerigo Vespucci

• America Ferrera

• America Young

• America Sierra

Europeans began exploring the world because they wanted to:

• gain riches from Asia like silk and spices
• prove that the world was flat
• discover a New World
• All of these are true

An instrument that helps sailors find their latitude is a(n):

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Caravel
• Lateen

Ships that made long distance ocean voyages possible were:

• Caravels
• Astrolabes
• Titanics
• Voyagers

The motivation to explore for Europeans included:

• the desire to spread their religion
• the need to move to a new continent
• the need to build new and better ships
• All of these

The goal of Columbus's first voyage was to:

• Go around Africa to Asia
• Find the New World
• Conquer the Aztec Empire
• Get to Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic