Age of Exploration Review

Which explorer is credited with "discovering America"?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer is credited with being the first European to sail from Europe to India around Africa?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer is credited with mapping the Hudson River and the North Atlantic?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

Which explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

The global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases.

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Transatlantic Trade

• Globalization Exchange

Which of the following is NOT one of the motives for Europeans to explore?

• Religious freedom

• 3 G's (God, Gold, Glory)

• Escape from oppressive rulers

• Searching for a trade route to Asia

Used for over 1600 years - what was the primary trade route connecting Asia to Europe?

• The Salt Route

• The Saharan Route

• The Silk Road

• The Cloth Road

The need for a direct _______ route to Asia marked the start of the Age of Exploration.

• land

• sea

• air

• train

The first country that started exploring by sea thanks to prince Henry the Navigator was:

• Portugal

• Spain

• India

• Netherlands

A new type of ship capable of sailing in the open ocean.

• astrolabe

• compass

• canoe

• caravel