Exploration - 1st part

Why did Europeans begin to explore?

• the Ottoman Empire controlled the Silk Road and taxed Europeans using the Silk Road
• a sea route to Asia would make purchasing goods easier and cheaper
• Europeans wanted to spread Christianity
• all of the above

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

• a Portuguese prince
• He helped start European exploration and trade.
• He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.
• 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

_____ 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

This man conquered the Aztec Empire.

• Columbus
• Cortes
• Cabral
• Cabot

This man's vessel was the first to circumnavigate the world.

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

Who sponsored Columbus' expedition to the Americas?

• Italy
• Spain
• France
• England

Highly trained professionals who made maps were called?

• Astrographers
• Coreographers
• Matagraphers
• Cartographers

Portugal and Spain divided the new world at the ___________?

• Line of Cuba
• Line of Demarcation
• Line of Brazil
• Line of Seperation