Age of Discovery

TRUE or FALSE: Medieval maps accurately depicted places

• TRUE

• FALSE

A period in European history where countries journeyed across the four oceans and discovered lands and cultures that were new to them

• Age of Development

• Age of Discovery

• Age of Information

• Age of Navigation

Which of the following options are reasons why explorations started in Europe?

• Discovery that the Earth was round

• Invention of gunpowder

• Publication of Marco Polo's book

• Opening of China to world trade

Which of the options is not a reason why Europeans wanted to explore distant lands?

• To gain wealth

• To become popular

• To show their loyalty to their King

• To spread the teachings of Christianity

Which inventions helped Europeans during their voyages at sea?

• Printing Press

• Compass

• Astrolabe

• Silk

Which explorer found the Americas and established a Spanish colony there?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

Why did Europeans seek a new route to Asia?

• The Mongols controlled the Silk Road

• They learned that China and India wanted to trade directly

• The Ottoman Empire controlled the trade routes

• They wanted to compete with Venice and Genoa

____________refers to activity of searching and finding out something

• Colonization

• Discovery

• Exploration

• Navigation

He is a Venetian merchant and explorer. He wrote a book about his travels which became an influential book in Europe.

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Marco Polo

The act of sending people to live in and govern another territory

• Colonization

• Discovery

• Exploration

• Navigation