European exploration

When European explorers decided to start their journeys, they needed to find resources to face the challenges that affected them.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A ___________ was a ship that could hold a fixed course without human intervention due to its fixed rudder and sails.

• COMPASS

• ASTROLABE

• CARAVEL

• CABIN

_________ came up with a project to reach the Indies by sailing West. He obtained this support from the Spanish Monarchs.

• MAGELLAN

• DA GAMA

• COLUMBUS

• VESPUCIO

This Italian sailor, who was also a geographer, travelled along the coast of South America. He returned to Europe convinced that the places he had visited were not the Indies.

• MAGELLAN

• COLUMBUS

• DA GAMA

• VESPUCIO

Under the orders of the Portuguese Crown, he reached India by going around the coasts of Africa.

• DA GAMA

• MAGELLAN

• COLUMBUS

• VESPUCIO

His completion of a full circle around the earth proved that the earth was round. He also found a connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

• VESPUCIO

• MAGELLAN

• DA GAMA

• COLUMBUS