CH. 13-The Age of Exploration

In the 1400s, many of Europe’s most valuable luxuries, including silk and spices, came from _____.

• Africa

• Asia

• North America

• Rome

A small, fast ship used by Portuguese and Spanish explorers.

• caravel

• colony

• quinine

• smallpox

French merchants were the first Europeans to establish sea trade with Asia.

• true

• false

A(n) _______ measures the angle of the stars above the horizon. This information helped sailors find their ship’s latitude, or the distance north or south of the equator.

• rudder

• barometer

• compass

• astrolabe

In 1488, the Portuguese explorer _________ rounded Africa’s southern tip. He then sailed up part of Africa’s east coast before returning home.

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolemeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama sailed east all the way to India in 1498.

• true

• false

Overland trade from Asia to Europe tended to be expensive, because cargo had to be loaded and unloaded many times; sea trade was much cheaper.

• true

• false

The names of the THREE ships during the first voyage of Christopher Columbus

• Nina

• Victoria

• Endeavor

• Pinta

• Santa Maria

In 1492, Columbus landed in _______, in the Caribbean.

• Panama

• India

• the Bahamas

• the Mosquito Coast

In 1494, _____ and _____ signed the Treaty of Tordesillas. This drew an imaginary line from north to south around the world.

• England and Portugal

• France and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

• India and Russia