Age of Exploration

Who was the Italian trader who reached Kublai Khan in China in 1275?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• Marco Polo

• Vasca De Gama

Who controlled trade from East to West during the 1300s? (Choose more than one)

• Muslims

• Italians

• Spanish

• British

• French

European traders paid low prices to the Italians for their Chinese goods

• True

• False

The desire to spread ​ (a)   also motivated European exploration

• Christianity
• Catholicism
• Islam
• Muslim

Which of these inventions helped European explorers travel across the Atlantic (select more than one)

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Magnetic Compass

• Telescope

​ (a)   led the way in developing and applying new sailing innovations

• Portugal
• Spain
• Italy
• Britain
• France

Draw a line showing the path that explorers wanted to take from Portugal to Asia

Answer explanation

Their plan was to sail around the Southern tip of Africa

Who was the first explorer to successfully make a trip from Portugal to India by sea

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Vasco De Gama

• Hernan Cortez

Which country financed Christopher Columbus' trip to Asia from across the Atlantic Ocean

• Italy

• Spain

• Greece

• Britain

(Choose more than one) Pope Alexander VI created the Land of Demarcation to solve conflict between ​ ​

• Spain

• Portugal

• Italy

• Greece

• Britain