Age of Exploration 16.1

What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?

• Giant sea monsters
• The edge of the Earth
• New continents
• New trading routes

Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

• To find new trading routes to the East Indies
• To find lands they could colonize
• To find gold and silver
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Who was Henry the Navigator?

• The first explorer to circumnavigate the world
• The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of Africa
• The first European to sail around the south of Africa
• The first explorer to discover the Americas

Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of Africa to India?

• Henry the Navigator
• Hernan Cortes
• Francisco Pizzaro
• Vasco de Gama

What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus where he discovered the Americas?

• France
• Portugal
• Spain
• Netherlands

Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became the United States?

• Netherlands
• Spain
• France
• England

Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

• Hernán Cortés
• Francisco Pizarro
• Vasco da Gama
• Bartolomeu Dias

True or False: The Age of Exploration took place at about the same time as the European Renaissance?

• True
• False

What area of the world was still not mapped at the end of the Age of Exploration?

• East Australia
• Much of central Africa
• Arctic and Antarctic
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