European Explorers - O's Review

Who were the Europeans that we know were the first to have contact with the Americas and its natives?

• Egyptians
• Greeks
• Vikings
• Romans

What was time period in Europe called that was a “rebirth” of ideas and caused people to look into Exploration?

• Middle Ages
• Renaissance
• Industrial Revolution
• Enlightenment

Who did Europeans trade with to get sailing instruments like the magnetic compass and the astrolabe?

• Chinese
• Native Americans
• Arabs
• Africans

Which of the following is NOT something that the European explorers brought to the New World?

• cattle
• disease
• potatoes
• horses

What European “discovered” the West Indies, proved that the world was round and there was a more direct route to Asia (*even though he didn't land in Asia).

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus

The invention of the _______ allowed more Europeans access to information and knowledge about the outside world and all the riches available in China and India.

• telegraph
• printing press
• compass
• steam engine

The device allowed sailors the ability to use the night skies (stars) to determine longitude and latitude.

• binoculars
• telescope
• astrolabe

• compass

The ____________ instrument had a metal needle that always pointed NORTH, thus allowing sailors to determine the direction they were traveling.

• thermometer
• telescope
• clock
• compass

The _________ was a ship with specially designed sails that allowed it to cut through the wind and sail more closely to the coasts of land masses.

• schooner
• caravel

• steamship
• canoe

What factor(s) was/were pushing European rulers to send expeditions out?

• Silk from China

• Spices from India

• Gold and Jade from Asia

• All of these answers