Age of Exploration Review

The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

• exploration

• Marine Silk Road

• colonization

• circumnavigate

The land route connecting Europe to Asia and India for the purpose of trade.

• exploration

• traverse

• Silk Road

• Marine Silk Road

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

What is a caravel?

• a dangerous rat with a disease

• a new type of boat that is great for sailing

• a heart disease that sailors got

What tool is used to help sailors determine the direction in which they are sailing?

• GPS

• a compass

• a liferaft

• a water purifier

What did explorers hope to find in the new land?

• slaves

• gold/riches

• fresh water

• new types of flowers

Henry the Navigator set up a school for:

• doctors to learn about scurvy

• training sailors

• learning to build boats

• learning new languages

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

What religious goal inspired many European explorers?

• To visit holy sites

• to live in poverty

• to spread their beliefs

• to learn about other faiths

What products from Asia did the Europeans want?

• gold, silk and spices

• spices, timber, and gunpowder

• tea, slaves and gems

• silk, furs and timber