Early Exploration Review

What was the importance of Vasco da Gama's discovery?

• Christianity spread throughout America

• It marked the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe

• Africans began exploring the American coastline

• Portugal was able to break Italy's monopoly on trade

What was the importance of Columbus's first voyage?

• it allowed people to travel across the Atlantic Ocean

• it proved the common belief that the world was flat was correct

• it discovered the all water route to Asia

• it expanded the Italian monopoly on trade with Asia

Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

• Dias

• da Gama

• Columbus

• Magellan

What country did Prince Henry the Navigator lead?

• Italy

• Portugal

• Spain

• China

TRUE or FALSE - The Portuguese slave trade was based on racism.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Vasco da Gama sailed down the coast of which continent to the Cape of Good Hope?

• Europe

• Asia

• North America

• Africa

Which of the following new inventions allowed sailors to tell distance and location by using the stars?

• Caravel

• Astrolabe

• Map

• Compass

Marco Polo sailed from Italy to what country?

• China

• Spain

• Portugal

• Africa

The Line of Demarcation divided the world between what two countries?

• Spain and Italy

• Spain and Potrugal

• Portugal and Italy

• Italy and China

TRUE or FALSE - The pope was responsible for setting up the Line of Demarcation.

• TRUE

• FASLE