Age of Exploration Midterm Review

Sailed for France, Claimed Canada

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco de Gama

• Cabeza de Vaca

Portuguese explorer, who sailed from Europe, around the tip of Africa to India

• Bartolemeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

Sailed for Spain, “discovered” the New World, started Global Age of Exploration

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizarro

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cartier

Spanish conquistador, conquered the Incas

• Jacques Cartier

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernando Cortez

Sailed for Spain, led the crew that was 1^st to circumnavigate the globe 

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortez

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Christopher Columbus

  Spanish conquistador, conquered the Aztecs

• Hernando Cortez

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Francisco Pizzarro

• Christopher Columbus

The reason that Europe first began exploring was to find a sea route from Europe to:

• Antarctica

• Asia

• Africa

• America

Henry the Navigator was:

• Prince

• Patron

• Not an Explorer

• All the Above

Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to sail around:

• Asia

• Southern tip of Africa

• The world

• Hudson Bay

The first known man to have one of his ships circumnavigate the globe was:

• Vasco de Gama

• Bartolemeu Diaz

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan