WC Chapter 22 New Lesson 3

Which people visited North America around 1000 C.E., but did not create any permanent settlements?

• Vikings

• Romans

• Byzantines

• Arabs

Which was NOT a new technology that assisted in European exploration?

• astrolabe

• magnetic compass

• navigational charts

• propellers

Which is a reason that Europeans took to the seas?

• Mongol conquest of Asia

• Turkish conquest of Constantinople

• Italian monopoly of trade

• all of these

Most of Europe's knowledge of Asia came from

• Marco Polo's book

• Amerigo Vespucci's sail logs

• Battle with the Huns

• all of these

European nations began to send out ships EXCEPT

• England

• Russia

• France

• Holland

Henry the Navigator

• discovered North America

• sponsored and funded the first European explorations

• was prince of Spain

• all of these

Which Portuguese explorer sailed to Indai?

• Bartolomeo Diaz

• Vasco Da Gama

• Pedro Alvarez Cabral

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Which of the following explorer is INCORRECTLY matched with his accomplishment?

• Cortez - conquered Mexio

• Amerigo Vespucci - America named after him

• Magellan - circumnavigated the globe

• Columbus -proved the earth was round

Which was NOT a motive for exploration?

• gold

• God

• glory

• generosity

Whose sailors circumnavigated the world?

• Columbus

• Cortez

• Magellan

• da Gama