Ch 15 The Age of Exploration & Trade

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

What Portuguese ships has triangular sails and rudders?

• Caravels

• Astrolabes

• Junks

• Dhows

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 find a water route to Asia using the Atlantic Ocean was...

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson

What does it mean to circumnavigate the globe?

• to sail from one continent to another

• to sail all the way around the world

• to sail from one hemisphere to another

• to sail to an unexplored part of the world

Which explorer sailed up the Saint Lawrence River and claimed lands for France in 1535?

• John Cabot

• Francis Drake

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro

This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

• Vasco Da Gama

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry Hudson

This explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

• Bartholomew Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

What explorer explored the coast of South America for Spain? America was later named after him.

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus