Age of Exploration - Quiz

What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?

• The edge of the Earth

• Giant sea monsters

• New trading routes

• New continents

• The lost city of Atlantis

Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

• To find gold and silver

• To find lands they could colonize

• To find new trading routes to the East Indies

• All of the above

• None of the above

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what two countries?

• Spain and Portugal

• England and France

• Germany and Austria

• Italy and Greece

• Spain and France

Who was Henry the Navigator?

• The first European to sale around the south of Africa

• The first explorer to discover the Americas

• The conqueror of the Inca Empire in South America

• The first explorer to circumnavigate the world

• The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of Africa

Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of Africa to India?

• Vasco de Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Henry the Navigator

• Francisco Pizarro

What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus where he discovered the Americas?

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

• Germany

• Italy

Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became the United States?

• Spain

• Netherlands

• England

• Portugal

• Germany

Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco de Gama

True or False: The Age of Exploration took place at about the same time as the European Renaissance?

• True

• False

What area of the world was still not mapped at the end of the Age of Exploration?

• Much of central Africa

• Arctic and Antarctic

• East Australia

• All of the above

• None of the above