Age of Exploration

Who supported Portuguese exploration? 

• Prince Henry

• Queen Isabella

• Columbus

• DeGama

An Italian navigator who sailed for Spain

• Columbus

• DeGama

• Magellan

• Dias

The Muslim empire established in India

• Montana

• Arabic

• Mongolians

• Mughals

Which statement best summarizes Portuguese discoveries?

• They created airplanes and flew to India.

• They found the Northwest passage over Canada.

• They sailed West to get to India.

• They sailed to India by going around the coast of Africa.

Which statement best describes Ferdinand Magellan?

• He discovered the "New World"

• He was the first European to settle North America.

• The expedition he commanded circumnavigated the globe.

• He was the first explorer to reach India.

Which explorer was the first to travel around Africa to India?

• Columbus

• DeGama

• Dias

• Hudson

In the 1400s, the Portuguese established a major presence

• throughout China.

• along the coasts of Africa.

• the interior of Africa.

• in Italy.

A trading company established by the Netherlands in 1602 to protect and expand trade in Asia

• Walton Family Shipping Company

• Dutch East India Company

• British West India Company

• Spanish East India Company

Jesuit missionary who spread knowledge of China to Europe

• Matteo Ricci

• Matteo Richard

• Matteo Richardson

• Matt Stairs

Portuguese navigator; first to sail around Africa to Asia

• Diaz

• Magellan

• Columbus

• Vasco da Gama