The Age of Exploration

Before anyone else, this Viking explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland). What was his name?

• Prince Henry of Portugal

• Leif

  Ericsson

• Christopher

  Columbus

• Juan Ponce

  de Leon

Which tools were often used to navigate a ship? (Select all that apply.)

• astrolabe

• epidemic

• maps

• patron

• compass

Prince Henry is remembered for the school he created to teach navigation and mapmaking. In which country was this school located in?

• Spain

• England

• France

• Portugal

The expeditions of Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama (pictured here) achieved which goal?

• To find an all water route to Asia

• To find gold and silver

• To find the Fountain of Youth

• To find the Northwest Passage

Identify the two patrons of Christopher Columbus. They would have paid for those three ships!

• King Ferdinand

• King Francis I

• King Henry VII

• Queen Isabella

Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to suggest sailing which direction to reach Asia?

• north

• south

• east

• west

Which conquistador was responsible for ending the Aztec Empire?

• Francisco

  Pizarro

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan Ponce

  de Leon

• Hernando

  Cortez

While he was killed in the Philippines, who's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Vasco Nunez

  de Balboa

• Ferdinand

  Magellan

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• John

  Cabot

Which U.S. river is Hernando de Soto credited for "discovering?"

• the

  Missouri

  River

• the

  Ohio

  River

• the

  Mississippi

  River

• the

  Colorado

  River

Who traveled to Cathay, or China, and told Europeans about the compass, gunpowder, silks, and spices?

• Prince Henry

  the Navigator

• Christopher

  Columbus

• Marco

  Polo

• Henry

  Hudson