U2: Exploration, Expansion, and Encounter

prince of Portugal and patron of exploration who made no voyages himself, but spent his entire life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast

• Prince Henry
• Bartolomeu Dias
• Vasco de Gama
• Christopher Columbus

Portuguese explorer who was the first person to reach the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa

• Bartolomeu Dias
• Prince Henry
• Vasco de Gama
• Christopher Columbus

Portuguese navigator who in 1497-1499, became the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea.

• Christopher Columbus
• Prince Henry
• Vasco de Gama
• Bartolomeu Dias

a 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain declaring that newly discovered lands west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal

• Dutch East India Company
• British East India Company
• Treaty of 1494
• Treaty of Tordesilla

a company founded by the Dutch in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia

• Dutch East India Company
• British East India Company
• Treaty of 1494
• Treaty of Tordesilla

a Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644

• Ming Dynasty
• Qing Dynasty
• Han Dynasty
• Tang Dynasty

first emperor of the Ming dynasty in China; drove the Mongols out of China, Korea, and Manchuria

• Hongwu
• Yonglo
• Zheng He
• Kangxi

common motivations for exploration by European explorers

• God
• glory
• gold
• goodness

Third emperor of the Ming dynasty in China; he ordered the reconstruction of Beijing and made it the new capital of China. He also commissioned an encyclopedia that covered history, philosophy, literature, astronomy, medicine, and numerous other topics.

• Yonglo
• Kangxi
• Zheng He
• Hongwu

Admiral, diplomat, and explorer during China’s Ming dynasty; his Chinese fleet visited more than 30 countries.

• Zheng He
• Kangxi
• Yonglo
• Hongwu