Age of Exploration Unit Review

The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

• exploration

• Marine Silk Road

• colonization

• circumnavigate

Who became the leaders in the Age of Exploration?

• The Portuguese

• The Italians

• The French

• The English

The land route connecting Europe to Asia and India for the purpose of trade.

• exploration

• traverse

• Silk Road

• Marine Silk Road

His trip was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

Who was the first European to come to the Americas? What year did he arrive?

• Columbus in 1492

• Ponce de Leon in 1493

• Vasco da Gama in 1502

• Leif Ericson in 1000 AD

What products from Asia did the Europeans want?

• gold, silk and spices

• spices, gems and gunpowder

• tea, slaves and gems

• silk, furs and timber

What were the names of Columbus’ three ships?

• Britannic, Titanic, Olympic

• Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

• Missouri, Arizona, Maine

How many trips did Columbus make to America?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What year did Columbus set sail from Spain

• 1491

• 1492

• 1493

• 1494

This helped explorers travel safer and further.

• astrolabe
• compass
• Caravel
• telescope