Age of Exploration Review

Who encouraged his country’s maritime exploration to the South, aiming to sail around Africa to gain access to the Asian spice trade and is credited with beginning the Age of Exploration?

• Vasco De Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry " The Navigator

Which is not one of the three reasons Europeans explored?

• God

• Gas

• Gold

• Glory

Who established direct trade with India while bypassing the Italian and Muslim merchants that controlled the overland trade routes?

• Vasco DaGama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry "The Navigator"

Which explorer searched for a shorter route to India by heading West through the Atlantic?

• Vasco Dagama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry "The Navigator"

Who became the first explorer to circumnavigate the earth?

• Vasco DaGama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry "The Navgator"

This explorer lead the Chinese treasure fleet on 7 sxpeditions to SE Asia, India and Africa for the Ming Dynasty.

• Ibn Bautta

• Zheng He

• Marco Polo

• Ferdinand Magellan

How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?

• He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again

• He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people

• He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it

• Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

• Francisco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Franz Ferdinand

• Francisco Pizarro

Why would the conquistadors bring priests with them to the Americas?

• To help the Spaniards hold religious services

• To perform weddings between Spanish soldiers and native women

• To teach the Spanish soldiers about Christianity

• To convert the native peoples to Christianity