Age of Exploration

Which of the following is not a reason why Europeans began to explore the world?

• to convert people to Christianity

• to learn about new lands and people

• to obtain spices from Asia

• to develop new technologies

Why did Europeans begin to use tools such as the astrolabe and compass?

• to find safe water routes to faraway places

• to allow their ships to sail against the wind

• to increase the speed of their ships

• to make updated maps of the seas

Caravels were different from traditional ships because they

• used larger oars.

• had triangular sails.

• used deeper hulls.

• had larger crews.

Which country was the leading developer of advancements in sailing?

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

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.

Which of the following best characterizes what it was like to sail the open seas in the 1400s?

• calm and safe

• strange and perplexing

• boring and slow

• dangerous and scary

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.

Christopher Columbus made four voyages to the Americas in his lifetime, but always thought he was in Asia. What conclusion can you draw from this fact?

• Columbus did not know what Asia was like.

• Columbus was an excellent navigator.

• Columbus was not interested in America.

• Columbus was afraid to admit his mistakes.

What does it mean to circumnavigate the globe?

• to sail from one continent to another

• to sail all the way around the world

• to sail from one hemisphere to another

• to sail to an unexplored part of the world

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

• the exploration of new lands in Africa and the Americas by Europeans

• the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe and

  the Americas

• the poor treatment of American Indians by European explorers and

  colonists

• the new trading routes to the Americas established by Columbus