Age of Exploration

Dates of the Age of Exploration?

• 1100-1200

• 1450-1650

• 1800-1900

• 1850-1950

The main reason for the age of exploarions was

(a)  

Other reasons, known as the 3Gs stand for God,

• Glory & Gold

• Glory & Greatness

• Glory & Gatorade

• Gold & Gammon

Ships used in the age of explorations were called

• Carasols

• Caravels

• Yachts

• Navigational Ships

New ships were

• Fast & Easy to Steer

• Fast & Difficult to Steer

• Could not sail close to the coast

• Slow & Easy to steer

What did watertight decks do?

• Make ships faster

• Make ships easier to steer

• Make ships safer in stormy weather

• Make ships bigger

What feature made ships stonger?

• Clinker-built hulls

• Clunker-built hilts

• Clatter-battled hilts

• Clinker-built hilts

A ship's position north or south of the equator is called?

(a)  

What instrument was used to measure latitude?

• An astophicic

• An astrolabe

• An amphitheatre

• An accromplis

What technique calculated the speed of a ship?

• Lag & Line

• Log & Lag

• Log & Line

• Logs & Lamps