7.58-7.75 Age of Exploration

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

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Caravel
• Lateen

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

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson

Who is credited with figuring out that Columbus had not discovered Asia, but a New World?

• Vasco da Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci
• John Cabot

This chart represents the: 

• Age of Exploration
• The European Plan of Attack
•  Route of Columbus's First Voyage
• Columbian Exchange

Which Explorer was looking for a route to Asia?

• Da Gama
• Columbus
• Hudson
• All of these

Which European nation sponsored Columbus' expedition in 1492?
(King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella)

• England
• France
• Spain
• Portugual

What explorer sailed all the way around the world?
(He was credited with it, but in fact he died before his ship made it back.)

• Balboa
• Cabot
• Magellan
• De Soto

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

• De Soto
• Cortes
• Cabot
• Balboa