Age of Exploration Quizizz

What European explorer is responsible for teaching future explorers about sailing, ship building, navigation, and cartography?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

Which is the best definition for circumnavigation?

• To make a complete circle

• To make a 180 degree rotation

• To be in a constant spin.

• None of these.

Who conquered the Aztecs?

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

Who conquered the Incas?

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?

• Magellan
• Drake
• Columbus
• da Gama

All of the following are reasons for European exploration except:

• Glory

• Gold

• Oil

• Spices

Fast ship that could sail with & against the wind, large cargo area, and shallow hull that could navigate shallow water

• navigation ship
• caravel
• astrolabe
• compass

How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?

• He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again
• He opened up a school of navigation to educate the people
• He came up with Magellan's Mathematical Equation to prove it
• Christopher Columbus confirmed his theory on his voyage

How did diseases impact the New World?

• They didn't
• They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
• They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
• They helped the natives beat the Spanish

Vasco Da Gama

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
• Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians
• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
• First European to make it to North America