European Exploration

These people made maps that aided in navigation and led to new discoveries

• Navigators

• Sailors

• Explorers

• Cartographers

Support for Portuguese exploration was led by ___________.

• Vasco De Gama

• Prince Henry

• Christopher Columbus

• King Ferdinand

An Italian navigator who sailed for Spain was _______________.

• Vasco De Gama

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

The chief source of spices from Asia was the island chain called the __________.

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

• Moluccas

• Philippines

The first European explorer to reach India was _____________.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco De Gama

• Prince Hnery

Who controlled trade between Asia and Europe in the early 1400s?

• the Spanish and the Portuguese

• Arabs and Italians

• Moluccans and Italians

• the Spanish and Arabs

Which statement best summarizes Portuguese discoveries?

• They sailed to India by going around the coast of Africa.

• They sailed east through the Mediterranean to Persia.

• They sailed west to the East Indies.

• They sailed west to South America.

What critical mistake did Columbus make when he left Spain in 1492?

• He greatly overestimated the Earth's size.

• He believed the earth was flat.

• He greatly underestimated Earth's size.

• He had not planned for bad weather.

What was the Line of Demarcation?

• a line drawn by Prince Henry that divided the non-European world.

• the disputed border between Spain and Portugal.

• a line that divided Europe from Africa at the Straits of Gibraltar.

• a line drawn by the pope that divided the non-European world.

Which statement best described Ferdinand Magellan?

• He discovered the Spice Islands.

• North and South America are named after him.

• The expedition he commanded was the first to reach Asia.

• The expedition he commanded circled the globe.