Age of Exploration

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

This Chinese invention used the Earth's magnetic poles to help explores find their cardinal directions.

• Compass
• Compass Rose
• Astrolabe
• Quadrant

This explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

• Bartholomew Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?

• Leif Ericsson

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Diaz

What did Zheng He bring back from China?

• rats and other insects

• bananas

• Giraffes, and other animals

• slaves

What is an astrolabe? 

• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• None of the above. 

Which country was the leading developer of advancements in sailing?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

The art and science of map making is called:

• cartography
• mapography
• quilting
• mapology