Factors and Individuals of Exploration

Which of the following empires forced European empires to seek new trade routes to the far east?

• Ottoman

• Persian

• Mughal

• Incan

Europeans were desperate to find new trade routes and obtain riches like salt, textiles, and spices from which region?

• South America

• East Asia

• Southern Africa

• Northern Europe

A main factor and reason for European exploration was to support the diffusion of which faith?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

Whose pioneering role of sponsoring voyages along the West Coast of Africa brought glory to Portugal and kick started the Age of Exploration?

• Prince Henry

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizzaro

Who led the Spanish journey that resulting in the first voyage of circumnavigation?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Da Gama

Who was the Portuguese explorer that discovered an exclusive water route through the Indian Ocean to Asia by rounding the southern tip of Africa?

• Sir Francis Drake

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco Da Gama

• Prince Henry the Navigator

The French explorer, Jacques Cartier, is credited with the exploration and future colonization of which modern-day country?

• United States

• Brazil

• Mexico

• Canada

What is Hernan Cortez's significance to the Age of Exploration?

• conquered the Incas in modern day Peru

• conquered the Aztecs in modern day Mexico

• led the first voyage of circumnavigation

• started European exploration of the Americas