Age of Exploration

Conquistadors were.

• Spanish potatoes

• Spanish prisoners

• Spanish soldiers

• Spanish royalty

When did the Age of Exploration start?

• 1200s

• 1300s

• 1400s

• 1500s

Which of these tools were not used by explorers in the 1400s?

• Map

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• GPS

The improvement of what helped explorers?

• Ships

• Food expiry dates

• Weather

• Clothing

By the 1400s, which 4 kingdoms were looking for a sea route to Asia?

• England, Portugal, Spain and France

• England, Portugal, Spain and Germany

• Portugal, Spain, Italy and England

• None of these options

European shipbuilders used sails invented by..

• Arabs

• Vikings

• Ancient Egyptians

• The Romans

Which of these people was not an explorer?

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Nolan

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

Which explorer was lost at sea and never returned?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Talbert

• John Cabot

• Giovanni de Verrazano

Portugal was able to lead the way in exploring new routes to Asia because...

• It wasn't fighting other nations

• It was in a good position geographically

• It sent many prisoners to sea and they were happy to lose people

• It had the biggest, fastest boats of all countries

The first explorer to circumnavigate (sail around) the world was_______________.

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Jacques Cartier