Age of Exploration Pop Quiz #2

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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Europeans wanted to find which of the following to expand trade with the East

• precious metals, silk, and spices

• water

• fur

• lumber

From whom did the Europeans acquire technology?

• French

• Africans

• Arabs/Muslims

• Indians

The art and science of mapmaking or a person who makes maps is called:

• cartography/cartographer

• mapography

• quilting

• mapology

Which of the following helped explorers determine latitude from the position of the sun, moon, and stars?

• compass
• caravel
• astrolabe

Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water

• navigation ship
• caravel
• astrolabe
• compass

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa and started the first Navigation School for explorers?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Queen Isabella

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

What did Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain do for Christopher Columbus?

• sponsored his exploration

• married him

• made him royalty

What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

• To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
• To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
• To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
• To find the city of gold in southern Africa

Which country funded Christopher Columbus' voyage to the "New World."

• Portugal
• Spain
• Italy
• England