Age of Exploration

What countries participated in the Age of Exploration?

• Paris, Spain, Missouri, and England

• Portugal, Spain, France, and England

• Great Britain, France, Africa, and Spain

• Rome, China, Africa, and Spain

What was one of the factors that contributed to the Age of Exploration?

• Slavery

• Colonization

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

Why did explorers risk their lives to see the New World?

• Gold, God, and Glory

• Guts, Grit, and Gout

• God, Grit, and Gout

• Gold, God, and Gout

Which famous explorer sailed for Spain and discovered the New World (The Americas on October 12, 1492)?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• John Cabot

Which famous explorer sailed for Spain and conquered the Inca Empire (Peru)?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Francisco Pizarro

• Jaques Cartier

Which famous explorer sailed for Spain and conquered the Aztecs (Mexico)?

• Francisco Pizarro

• John Cabot

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Hernan Cortes

Which famous explorer was the first to sail around the world (he also named the Pacific Ocean)?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

Which famous explorer sailed for England and explored North America? He is also said to have been lost at sea.

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

Which famous explorer sailed for France, and claimed the land from France that is now considered Canada?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Jaques Cartier

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Which famous explorer sailed for Spain, looking for the Fountain of Youth, and ended up exploring Florida?

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• John Cabot