Indigenous Populations and Exploration

The Treaty of Tordesillas....

• Gave half the world to Spain and half to Portugal

• gave permission to all of Europe to colonize the west

• spread Christianity to the West

• recognized the natives and worked with them

Motivating factors to explore the new world were...

• Riches, Religion, & Respect

• spices & weapons

• Gold, God, & Glory

• New ideas

Prince Henry

• Started a school for sailors

• Initiated the Atlantic Slave Trade

• Was called Price Henry the Navigator

• All of the above

Bartholomew Dias was the first Portuguese sailor to reach India

• True

• False

Spain and Portugal respected the Treaty of Tordesillas for what reason?

• Both countries were still under the Pope's rule

• The treaty gave them what was rightfully theirs

• Both countries were trying to move away from the church

• The treaty allowed both countries to earn more income

What does this map tell us about the New World?

• Portugal essentially got all of the new world

• Italy was given rights to India, Africa, and Australia

• Spain was given a portion of Asia and most of the new world

• The Netherlands were a portion of Asia and most of the new world

Which of the following improvements to sailing did Prince Henry the Navigator make?

• Better sails that could go against the wind

• All captains had to be able to read

• All ships had to bring a compass

• All of the Above

Columbus first landed where in 1492?

• Caribbean and Central America

• Florida

• Hawaii

• All of the Above

Who funded all three of Columbus' Voyages?

• Ferdinand and Isabella

• Catherine of Aragon and King Henry

• Monarchs of Portugal

• Shrek and Fiona

Columbus' goal of his first voyage was to...

• Figure out what the New World had to offer

• Establish a western trade route to China

• Colonize the new world

• Establish a western trade route to India