Portuguese and Spanish Exploration

Portuguese explorers had a goal, they wanted to sail around the southern tip of Africa to reach....

• The New World
• Asia/West Indies
• African Slaves
• South America

Who finally made it around the southern tip of Africa and all the way to Asia?  

• Vasco de Gama
• Bartholomew Dias
• Hernan Cortes
• Henry the Navigator

Who created a school for sailors, shipbuilders, navigators, map-makers, and scholars?

• Dias
• De Gama
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• King Ferdinand

The Portuguese greatly improved ship building by sealing the bottom of ships with tar and by adding sails that were 

• square
• rectangular
• triangular
• square and triangular

What Spanish explorer was given credit for circumnavigating the globe. 

• Cortes
• Coronado
• De Gama
• Magellan

What is Columbus known for?

• finding a sea route to Asia
• sailing around the world
• accidentally discovering the Americas
• discovering Brazil

Which explorer led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson
• Vasco da Gama
• Jacques Cartier

What is Pedro Cabral famous for?

• sailing to Antarctica
• discovering South America and the country of Brazil
• being a pirate
• claiming land in Canada for France

Territories that are controlled by other countries. The territory is often settled by people from the controlling countries.

• Cortes
• Caravel
• Exploration
• Colonies

Portugal won the race to Asia when this sailor reached the Indian port of Calicut.

• Prince Henry
• Christopher Colombus
• Leif Eriksson
• Vasco de Gama