Chapter 2; Lesson 1: Technology Shapes Exploration

What did most European explorers travel to look for?

• Routes to trade with Asia

• Maps

• Better control

• Gold and Ivory

Vikings from Scandinavia were known for?

• buying and selling goods

• trading with Asia

• obtaining riches

• raiding European towns

Who were likely the first Europeans to land in North America.

• Eric the Red and his crew

• Leif Ericsson and his crew

• Prince Henry and his crew

• Miles Braxton Brown and his crew

Merchants are...

• people who raid European towns

• people who buy and sell goods

• people who trade routes to Asia

• sailors who use navigation to plan their course

Popular Asian goods that were bought included

• Gold and Silver

• Gold and Ivory

• Gold and Silk

• Silk and Spices

In the 1400s, European nations began to compete for what?

• Goods

• Spices

• Gold

• Routes to Asia

True or False: Were land routes to Asia long and dangerous?

• True

• False

Navigation is...

• the process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land

• the use of specific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that improve lives

• a new kind of sailing ship that was smaller and lighter

• when slave traders bought and sold humans as property

Who invented the magnetic compass?

• Europeans

• Africans

• Chinese

• Portuguese

The astrolabe measured what?

• the amount of when your caravel took

• the height of your caravel and how fast it is moving

• the distance of your destination from where you are currently located

• the height of the sun or star above the horizon