Exploration and Colonization

In which year did Columbus first reach North America?

• 32

• 1308

• 1492

• 1608

What were early European explorers who came to North America looking for?

• The Silk Road

• The Cape of Good Hope

• The North Pole

• The Northwest Passage

The Age of Exploration began in which country?

• Portugal
• Spain
• Europe
• Italy

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

Who was the first explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India?

• Vasco da Gama
• James Cook
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Ferdinand Megallan

Who were the major players in European exploration?

• England, Portugal, Spain
• England, Italy, Egypt
• Portugal, Spain, Sweden 
• India, France, Greece

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

Who sailed around Africa to India?

• Dias
• da Gama
• Columbus
• Cabot

What was the effect of Columbus arriving to America?

• People confirmed the world was round.

• Influenced exploration by other European countries

• Influenced the slave trade from Africa

• Increased the price of spices

This European is credited with discovering Canada.

• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernan Cortes