European Exploration Review

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

This man traveled completely around the world.

• Marco Polo
• Bartholomew Dias
• Ferdinand Megallen
• Vasco de Gama

A device used in early navigation to chart the position of stars

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Caravels
• Magnets

What was the lighweight ship with triangular sails?

• caravel
• cog
• galleon
• cargo

Which tool helped explorers find their directions and where they wanted go using a magnetic needle?

• Astrolabe
• Compass
• Caravel
• Sun Dial

The main motivations for explorers to go to the New World were...

• To meet natives and enslave them.

• To discover adventure, to cure disease, and to find personal glory.

• To discover Gold, to spread Christianity, and personal Glory.

• To own their own business.

The word circumnavigate means

• To have glory

• To find gold

• To go all the way around the world

• To use North to find your way

Which of the following was NOT a result of exploration?

• To discover sea routes to Asia

• Awareness of different cultures

• Opening up the world for trade

• The discovery of electricity.

The word exploration means

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

• To find new sea routes

• To get famous

• To discover a new land that has new populations