Early European Navigation

Prince Henry is also known as ______

• Dom Enrique

• Jeane Henriques

• Dom Pedro

• Dom Antonio

Prince Henry is also known as ______

• Dom Enrique

• Jeane Henriques

• Dom Pedro

• Dom Antonio

Which of the following did NOT influence Early European navigation?

• Broaden geographical knowledge

• To find riches

• To convert Christians to heathens

• To broaden knowledge about technology

Which navigational instrument did the Early Europeans used that always points to the magnetic north?

• quadrant

• cross -staff

• compass

• hour glass

This navigational instrument was used by the early Europeans to tell the captain how far he was going travelling in a north to south direction.

• lead line

• cross -staff

• astrolabe

• compass

This navigational instrument was used to help sailors find position of their ships.

• Cross staff

• hour glass

• quadrant

• astrolabe

The ____ helped navigators to know how many miles the ship travelled by calculating the altitude of stars

• quadrant

• sundial

• cross staff

• astrolabe

This is the name given to the person who studies and designs construction of maps

• mapologist

• geographer

• Cartographer

• landscape architect

This map showed the world to be flat and made by christian scholars.

• Portolan

• Ptolemy

• Wheel map

• physical world map

This map was unreliable and did not give ship captain enough information.

• portolan map

• world map

• ptolemy

• wheel map