Chapter 30: The Age of Discovery

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Europeans wanted to find a sea route to Asia?

• Italian control of trade

• Wish to spread Christianity

• Overcrowding in large cities

• Desire for wealth

The two nations that took an early lead during the age of exploration were Portugal and ____________.

• Spain

• Germany

• Russia

• Holland

Prince Henry of Portugal was known as "the Navigator" because___________.

• He sailed across the Atlantic Ocean

• He invented the compass to improve navigation

• He set up a school where experts taught Portuguese sailors

• He led the first Portuguese expedition around Africa

Where did the first Portuguese explorers travel?

• Through the Red Sea

• Westward across the Atlantic

• Down the west coast of Africa

• Northward toward Britain

Which explorer led the first round-trip voyage to India?

• Christopher Columbus

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernando de Soto

The area that Columbus actually explored included present-day________.

• Florida and the Gulf Coast

• New York and New England

• India and Asia

• Cuba and Bahamas

How did Pope Alexander VI's line of demarcation divide the non-Christian parts of the world?

• Equally among all the European nations

• West of the line to Spain and lands east to Portugal

• Between the Catholic and Protestant countries in Europe

• The south of Spain, the north to Portugal

The Spanish conquistadores led by Cortes conquered_________.

• the Aztecs of Mexico

• the Inca Empire in Peru

• French settlements in Canada

• Muslim towns in Africa

French claims to land in eastern Canada were based on the explorations made by _______________.

• Giovanni da Verrazano

• Sir Martin Frobisher

• Jacques Cartier

• Henry Hudson

The original goal of European explorers in North America was__________.

• the conquest of Indian emipres

• a northwest passage to Asia

• trade with Native Americans

• land for colonies