Early Exploration

What time period was the Age of Exploration?

• 1400s-1500s

• 1400s-1600s

• 1500s-1700s

• 1800s-1900s

What was the Age of Exploration?

• A time period where European countries traded land with North America.

• A time period when explorers wanted to claim land.

• A time period where European countries explored other areas of the world in search of land, goods, and trading partners.

• A time period where European explorers sailed to other countries.

What was Christopher Columbus's goal of exploration?

• To reach Asia by sailing Northwest.

• To reach Asia by sailing west.

• To reach Asia by sailing North.

• To reach Russia by sailing west.

What factors contributed to the Age of Exploration?

• Wealth

• The desire for new trade routes and gold.

• Navigational technology and land

• New navigational technologies, desire for new trade routes, and Mercantilism

Which countries were involved?

• England, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, and France

• England and Russia

• France, North America, and Spain

• Portugal, The Netherlands, and North America

A lateen sail is a triangular sail at _

(a)  

what was John Cabot's goal of exploration?

• He wanted to have the first group of Europeans to explore North America.

• He hoped to find a Northwestern route to Asia.

• He wanted to claim England

• He hoped to find a western route to Asia.

A magnetic compass is a navigational tool that points north because a magnetized needle aligns itself with _

(a)  

What were some of the effects of the Age of Exploration?

• Columbian Exchange, new trade routes, and slavery

• Globalization, Colonization, Slavery, and Columbian Exchange,

• Slavery, god, and technology

• Globalization, Colonization, and gold

What was Juan Ponce de Leon's goal of exploration?

• He wanted to conquer the Inca Empire

• His goal was to find the Fountain of Youth.

• He wanted to find a western route to Asia.

• To claim land that is now France.