#1 Intro to Age of Exploration

Which of these inventions helped European explorers travel across the Atlantic (Check all that apply)

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Triangular Sails

• Telescope

Who was the first European explorer to successfully make a trip from Portugal to India by sea

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Vasco De Gama

• Hernan Cortez

This man's vessel was the first to circumnavigate the world. Even though he personally never made it.

• Francis Drake
• Vasco da Gama
• Magellan
• Pedro Cabral

This man conquered the Aztec Empire.

• Columbus
• Cortes
• Cabral
• Cabot

_____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.

• Amerigo Vespucci
• John Cabot
• Christopher Columbus
• Alfonso de Albuquerque

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

• A. a Portuguese prince

• B. He helped start European exploration and trade.

• Both A & B

• Neither A or B

Henry Hudson explored the New World. While he was exploring, he named a river and a lake after himself. Henry Hudson was exploring for..

• God

• Gold

• Glory

Father Miguel de Toledo explored the New World hoping to spread Christianity to the Natives. Father Miguel is exploring for...

• God

• Gold

• Glory

 Explorers lured by the prospect of lands filled with gold and silver who used force to take control of the New World are BEST described as...

• conquistadors

• mestizos

• encomienda system

• Middle Passage

This picture BEST reflects what economic practice of gaining resources to enrich the mother country?

• Capitalism
• Laissez Faire

• Mercanitlism
• Communism