7th Unit 4 Final Test

This explorer who was searching for a faster path to Asia and landed in the islands in the America’s.  He is credited for finding the new world:

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Colombus

• Amerigo Vespucci

A horrible disease that was spread by Europeans and killed millions of Native Americans:

• Scurvy

• Small Pox

• Covid 19

• Astrolabe

The cargo brought from Africa to the Americas in the middle passage.

• Astrolabe

• Small Pox

• The 3 G's

• Slaves

An invention during the Renaissance period whose purpose was to reproduce or make copies of books, such as the bible:

• Astrolabe

• Printing Press

• Magnetic Compass

• The Caravel

The original place that explorers were trying to get to for spices, silk and other goods:

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

Who did Ferdinand Magellan explore for?

• Portugal
• England
• Spain
• France

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

• The Middle Passage

• The Long Journey

• The Long Passage

• The Middle Journey

Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Queen Isabella
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan 

Ferdinand Magellan

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
• Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians
• Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
• First European to make it to North America

How did Prince Henry of Portugal contribute to the Age of Exploration?

• He invented the astrolabe so explorers could sail further into the ocean.
• He was the first to sail around Africa leading to a trade route by water to India.
• He developed a school of navigation that prepared future explorers with the necessary skills.
• He was the first European to discover the New World leading to wave of explorers looking to wealth.