Age of Exploration Review

His crew was the first to circumnavigate (sail around) the world.

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortex

A new type of ship capable of sailing in the open ocean.

• astrolabe

• compass

• canoe

• caravel

A device to help sailors determine their location using stars.

• compas

• astrolabe

• compass

• caravel

He was a Portuguese explorer and the first European who reached India by sailing south around Africa.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

He established a school of navigation in Portugal.

• Prince Henry

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Globalization

The science of map making.

• caravel

• cartography

• compass

• astrolabe

A device that shows the direction north.

• compass

• astrolabe

• caravel

• cartography

Early explorer who thought he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Oceans. Landed in what is today the Caribbean.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry

A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Prince Henry