Age of Exploration Part One

What is partly responsible for European countries seeking alternate routes to trade routes to goods in India?

• over population

• Ottoman Empire domination east of Europe

• Boredom

• the need to get away

During the 15^th century, how would Portugal be described in terms of wealth?

• wealthy

• poor

What Portuguese Prince funded exploration and the innovations that led to more exploration?

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand

• Henry the Navigator

• George V

During the 14^th and 15^th centuries, how would West Africa, especially under the leadership of Mansa Musa, be described as in terms of wealth?

• wealthy

• poor

True or false, according to the Age of Exploration video, during the 15th century wealthy west African women played a crucial in Europeans developing trade in African trade.

• True

• False

Who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry the Navigator

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Columbus

What Portuguese sea captain reached India by 1498?

• Vasco de Gama

• Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Magellan

Which of the follow WAS NOT a good the Europeans traded for in the region around India?

• porcelain

• spices

• tea

• tobacco

Between Portugal and Spain, which gained wealth by setting up ports for trade?

• Portugal

• Spain

Who backed Columbus’s exploration of the Americas?

• Henry the Navigator

• Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand

• Queen Elizabeth

• Henry VIII