Age of Exploration

Ibn Bettuta explored most of the _____________.

• Western part of Canada

• 7th grade hallway at NVI

• Islamic Empire

• Swahili Coast

Bartolomeu Dias and his crew made it around the _____________.

• Cape of Good Hope

• Strait of Magellan

• Cape of Disappointment

• 7th grade hallway at NVI

Pedro Alvares and his crew swung wide around Africa and ended up in ______________.

• The Bahamas

• Newfoundland

• The Inca Empire

• Brazil

Which explorer made landfall in the Bahamas?

• Alvares

• Magellan

• Columbus

• Cabot

What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

• divided the western hemisphere into North and South America

• legalized the slave trade

• divided land in the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal

• permitted passage to the Spice Islands

Which explorer inspired the name of our continent and country?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• America Ferrera

• Thomas Edison

• Ray Charles

Which explorer is associated with the downfall of the Aztec Empire?

• Vespucci

• Cortes

• Pizarro

• Balboa

Which explorer is associated with the downfall of the Inca empire?

• Vespucci

• Cortes

• Pizarro

• Balboa

Bartolome de Las Casa is remembered for ____________.

• inventing a way to make flour.

• trying to end the enslavement of indigenous peoples in Hispaniola.

• starting a colony in what is now Puerto Rico

• enjoying bright summery weather

Ferdinand Magellan and his crew were the first Europeans to _______________.

• visit Newfoundland

• make it through the 7th grade hall of NVI

• visit the Spice Islands

• circumnavigate the globe