2025 Exploration & Colonization

What is a caravel?

• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• All of the above. 

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to Asia by land

• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to Asia by sea

• The New World

European explorers were sent to the New World for ______.

• gold, spices, and ships
• gold, land, and to convert native people to Christianity
• silver, pearls, and slaves
• slaves, navigators, and cartographers

Slaves were brought to the New World from _________.

• Africa
• New Netherland
• Canada
• New Zealand

France, England, and Holland believed there was a northwest route that would lead to Asia. What was the name of this route?

• The Northwest Passage
• The Hudson Bay
• The Strait of Magellan
• The route to Asia

Vasco da Gama was the first person to

• find a direct sea route from Europe to India
• discover the Americas
• invent the compass
• establish the Silk Road

John Cabot's voyage proved that there was a shorter route across the Atlantic Ocean in comparison to other explorers' routes.

• True

• False

Who was the explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?

• Francisco Pizarro
• Christopher Columbus
• Henry Hudson
• Vasco de Gama

Slaves were brought to North America through the ____________  _______.

• Slave Ship
• Northwest Passage
• Triangular Trade

What are the 3 G's?

• God, Guns, Glory
• Goods,  Glory, God
• God, Glory, Gold