Topic 5.1: Spanish Exploration

The purpose of Columbus's voyage was to

• find out if the Earth was flat.
• find out if America had gold.
• find out if there was a passage through North America.
• find a short water route to Asia.

Portuguese explorers had a goal, they wanted to sail around the southern tip of Africa to reach....

• The New World
• Asia/West Indies
• African Slaves
• South America

Who finally made it around the southern tip of Africa and all the way to Asia?  

• Vasco de Gama
• Bartholomew Dias
• Hernan Cortes
• Henry the Navigator

Who created a school for sailors, shipbuilders, navigators, map-makers, and scholars?

• Dias
• De Gama
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• King Ferdinand

This person believed he could reach Asia

by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean

• Cortes

• Coronado

• Columbus

• Moctezuma II

True or False - Christopher Columbus thought the earth was flat.

• True

• False

Who did Columbus turn to for help?

• The Italians

• The Spanish Monarchs

• The Americans

• The French

Which monarchs financed Columbus's voyage?

• Henry the VIII and Anne Boleyn

• Sophia and Alexander

• Ferdinand and Isabella

• Maria Teresa and Franz Joseph

What are the names of Columbus's ship(s)?

• La Tinta

• La Pinta, La Nina, y Santa Sophia.

• La Pinta, La Nina, y Santa Maria.

• La Tinta, La Gorda, Santa Sophia, y la Nina Aria

Describe the relationship between Spain and Portugal after Columbus arrived in the Americas.

• They partnered together.

• They did nothing. It was Spain's land.

• They competed and pressed rival claims for the land.

• They became great friends and conquered the land together.