Age of Exploration

What is an astrolabe?

• Outbreak of disease that spreads quickly

• A Spanish Conqueror

• An instrument that measured the height of the sun or star

• A trip made to explore

What is a Caravel?

• A ride at the fair

• An improved method of shipbuilding

• A type of sail on a ship

• A ship used in exploration built by Portuguese shipbuilders

A patron gives ______ to support another person or cause.

• Spices

• Money

• Ships

• Navigational tools

In 1493 Columbus reached an island in the Caribbean Sea where the Tainos people lived. He thought he had reached which continent?

• Europe

• Asia

• West Indies

• South America

Cortez wanted to lead an expedition to Mexico because

• He heard it was a good place to vacataion

• he wanted to conquer the world

• the people were very friendly

• he had heard of the Aztec Empire and its riches.

Ferdinand Magellan followed in Columbus's path with hopes of reaching

• Asia

• Portugal

• Disneyland

• the Aztecs

A colony is

• a town in Florida

• a settlement or area far from the country that rules it

• a Spanish Empire

• when the Spanish build cities on top of Indian ruins

What did people learn and do at Prince Henry's school?

• Latin, math and English.

• Knitting & cooking skills for voyages

• Navigation & mapmaking skills

• How to become a merchant

Why was Ferdinand Magellan's voyage so significant?

• It was the first to circumnavigate the world

• It was the first to use sail ships

• It was the first to discover America

• It was the first to use navigational tools

The Colombian Exchange was

• A student exchange program

• a movement of ships from west to east

• a movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures

• The line that splits the Northern & Southern hemispheres