The Age of Exploration

What were Sepoys?

• Indian militias employed by the British

• Portuguese navigation instruments

• The Chinese Dynasty following the Qing

• The first city the Portuguese conquered in India

Which Spanish explorer was looking for India and ran into what are the present day Caribbean Islands?

• Pizarro

• Cortes

• Columbus

• Magellan

Explorers from Europe sailed around the World for 3 reasons. Which of these is NOT one of those?

• Gold

• God

• Glory

• Guts

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. 

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

What was the Muslim Empire that ruled in India called?

• Ottoman

• Mughal

• Asante

• Meccan

Who took the Philippines from Portugal and used it a trade port with China

• The USA

• Great Britain

• Spain

• The Netherlands

Who was Alfonso de Albequerque?

• The Portuguese captain who brought armed forces to take ports in the Indian Ocean

• The Portuguese captain who first went to the Cape of Good Hope

• The Portuguese Captain who first sailed to Brazil

• The Portuguese Captain who circumnavigated the globe

What type of Empire did Portugal build?

• An isolationist empire

• A colonial empire

• An oppressive empire

• A trade empire

What was the name of the Dutch Merchant business in Indonesia

• The Dutch Indonesian Enterprise

• The Dutch East India Company

• The Flying Dutchman

• New Amsterdam and Company