US History Chapter 3 Exploring the Americas

What explorer traveled to China and wrote about his trip in a book called Travels?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Mansa Musa

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

Renaissance changed the way Europeans thought about themselves and the world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In the 1450s, what made it possible for more people to read books and get information?

• government.

• printing press.

• newspapers.

• libraries.

What device is used to measure the positions of stars?

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Baori

• Seismoscope

What is a pilgrimage?

• a journey to holy place.

• a type of government.

• a typical dish from Africa.

• an antique weapon.

What was the first European nation to explore the world?

• England.

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

Who set up the “school of navigation” in southwestern Portugal?

• Prince Henry of Portugal

• Christopher Columbus

• King John II of Portugal

• Bartolomeu Dias

Columbus was the first European to sail to the Americas.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When did Cristopher Columbus land on the Bahamas?

• August 3, 1492

• October 12, 1492.

• November 12, 1492.

• December 4, 1492.

Who was the conquistador that conquered the Aztec empire in 1521?

• Hernán Cortés

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Bartolomeu Dias