Exploration and Explorers

What was the driving force behind the exploration of America?

• The spread of goodwill throughout the world

• The expansion of wealth and power (God, Gold, Glory)

• The desire to prove the world was round

• The search for truth

An advanced sailing ship developed by Spain and Portugal

• Trireme

• Iron Clad

• Square-rigged

• Caravel

Once the "New" and "Old" worlds made contact an exchange of ideas, animals, foods and disease happened on a massive scale. This was called...

• Columbian Exchange

• Trade

• European Enlightenment

• Stock Exchange

A Period of time when Europeans looked for a new way to Asia is called

• Neolithic Age

• Paleolithic Age

• Northwest Passage

• Age of Exploration

A water route that explorers believed existed in North America

• Bering Land Bridge

• Northwest Passage

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

What continents make up the NEW WORLD?

• North America and South America

• Asia, Europe, Africa

What continents make up the OLD WORLD?

• Europe, Asia, Africa

• North America and South America

Who was the Italian explorer who traveled on the Silk Road to Asia in the 1200's and wrote about his adventures, introducing Europeans to Asia and the goods and ideas available there?

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Marco Polo

Who was the Spanish explorer who explored central and South America and conquered the Inca Empire in Peru

• Marco Polo

• Francisco Pizarro

• Henry Hudson

• Hernan Cortez

First European explorer to circumnavigate the world

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Hernan Cortez