The Age of Exploration

What was the time period of the Age of Exploration?

• 1500s-1700s

• 15th-17th century

• 150 BC - 170 AD

• None of these options

Why did people not travel more before the Age of Exploration

• Difficult to bring enough food on long journeys

• Maps were not very good

• Journeys were expensive

• All of these reasons

People had no idea what the world actually looked like because there was a fear of the unknown. Which of these was a cause?

• People believed that 

  1. there were sea monsters.

• People believed that the further south you travelled, you would boil.

• People believed that the world was flat and you would fall off the edge.

• People believed all of these things!

What is scurvy?

• Disease caused by vitamin C

• Disease caused by too little vitamin c

• Disease where your spine becomes curvy

• None of these answers

Progress in what kind of technology helped in the Age of Exploration?

• Magnetic compasses

• Caravans

• Astrolabes

• Better maps

Caravel sailboats had what shape sails?

Before compasses, how did people navigate at sea?

• Using landmarks

• Stars

• Major winds, with the wind blowing from behind

• All of these options

Astrolabes measure what?

Ptolemy was a famous Greek..

• Photographer

• Geographer

• Philosopher

• None of these options

What did the printing press help with?