Early explorers and Advances in Technology

1-............................. led the search for a sea route to Asia.

• Africa

• Portugal

2-The Portuguese rulers encouraged exploration by .........................

• providing the explorers the money needed to make sea voyages .

• opening a school to teach mapmaking and navigation.

3-Prince Henry , the son of Portugal 's king , opened a school to teach ............................

• sports and yoga

• mapmaking and navigation

Why did Prince Henry open the school?

• Because he wanted to travel alone that's why he taught himself .

• Because he wanted to know the world around him that's why he taught the explorers.

5-What were the accomplishments of Henry's voyages ?

(Choose all the possible answers)

• The explorers explored the eastern coast of Africa.

• The explorers explored the western coast of Africa.

• They explorers didn't build settlements .

• The explorers traded in gold , slaves and ivory

What's the slave trade ?

• people who buy and sell goods.

• to buy and sell humans as property

Who were the merchants ?

• people who buy and sell goods

• people who travel to new places for exploration .

Navigation is .........................

• process sailors use to plan their study .

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