Age of Exploration (Grid 2C)

What were the three main motivations for explorers during the Age of Exploration?

• Guns, Glory, and Grain

• Glory, God, Gold

• Food, Fire, and Fish

• Friendships, Food, and Freedom

Christopher Columbus sailed for which country?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

Which country first sailed around Africa to get spices from Asia?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

Who is famous for funding voyages and educating sailors?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Pope Leo X

Who was the first European to cross the Equator?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who was the first European to circumnavigate the world?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson

What was Henry Hudson searching for?

• the Silk Road

• the Northwest Passage

• the Equator

• the Columbian Exchange

What was the agreement between Spain and Portugal and the Pope to determine who could claim newly-discovered land?

• the Columbian Exchange

• the Treaty of Tordesillas

• the Spain-Portugal Alliance

• the Northwest Passage

What was the spread of goods, food, diseases, and ideas during the Age of Exploration?

• the Columbian Exchange

• the Treaty of Tordesillas

• the Silk Road

• the Northwest Passage

What was the name of the Spanish navy?

• the Royal Navy of Spain

• the Spanish Fleet

• the Conquistadors

• the Spanish Armada