Age of Exploration

Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?

• Leif Ericsson

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Diaz

Explorer whose expeditions were throughout the southeastern U.S. and Oklahoma. He also was thought to have killed the Incan ruler Atahualpa

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernando de Soto

• Hernan Cortes

• Juan Ponce de Leon

Prince Henry the Navigator did all of the following to encourage exploration except

• build an observatory for sailors.

• go on voyages to Asia and Africa.

• open a navigation school for sailors.

• pay people to sail on voyages.

What was the importance of Vasco da Gama’s voyage to the west coast of India in 1498?v

• It was the fastest voyage from Europe to Asia thus far.

• It showed that sailing west could lead to new discoveries.

• It was the first time a sea route to Asia had been found.

• It proved that the Portuguese were the top explorers.

Which explorer named Canada, sailed up the Saint Lawrence River, and claimed lands for France in 1535?

• John Cabot

• Francis Drake

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizarro

What did the English and French hope to find in North America?

• new crops to cultivate

• a water route to Asia

• gold, silver, and bronze

• undiscovered civilizations

What effect did the defeat of the Spanish Armada have on Europe?

• Spain was no longer the dominant sailing nation.

• England was forced to stage a later invasion of France.

• The French were able to attack England more easily.

• Europeans had more silver and gold in their treasuries.

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages to modern day Cuba. However, Vikings were there 1st.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomew Dias

• Francisco Pizarro

This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

• Vasco De Gama

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Black Beard

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus