Chapter 3 Test Review

In the 1400s, shipbuilders designed a new vessel, the __________ which was was sturdier than earlier vessels. 

• schooner

• caravel

• frigate

• sloop

Who founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal where mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains gathered there to perfect their trade.

• Christopher Columbus

• Matteo Ricci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry

What two countries led the way in European Exploration?

• France and England

• France and Holland

• Spain and England

• Portugal and Spain

In 1488, Portuguese captain ________________ ventured far down the coast of Africa until he and his crew reached the tip and named the Cape of Good Hope before returning home.

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry

In 1498, _____________________ reached the port of Calicut, on the southwestern coast of India becoming the first European to reach India by sea.

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

In 1492, an Italian sea captain, _______________, convinced Spain to finance a bold plan, finding a route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean, but ended up discovering the Americas.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Matteo Ricci

• Prince Henry

Pope Alexander VI stepped in to keep peace between two nations when he suggested an imaginary dividing line, called the ________________, through the Atlantic Ocean which gave all lands to the west of the line to Spain and all lands to the east of the line to Portugal.

• Line of Exploration

• Line of Delineation

• Line of Demarcation

• Line of Embarkation

What was the new technology which allowed sailors to better determine their location at sea which the Muslims had perfected?

• Astrolabe

• Chronometer

• Caravel

• Sextant

What good was Portugal’s trade empire based in?

• Spices

• Silk

• Gold

• Cotton

Who was the Spanish explorer that claimed the Philippines for Spain before being killed, but is credited with being the first European to circumnavigate the globe (sail around the world) because his crew finished the voyage after his death.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomeu Dias