A Time for Exploration

This is an agreement between nations that deals with peace, trade, and other matters.

• printing press

• astrolabe

• treaty

• compromise

Why were European explorers lookng for a the Northwest Passage?

• They wanted to find people to trade.

• They wanted to find a shorter route.

• They hoped to find exotic animals.

• They did not like the Southwest Passage.

He was the first explorer to lead an expedition to the Mississippi River

• Hernando de Soto

• Ponce de Leon

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Johannes Gutenberg

Some Native Americans assisted Hernando Cortes as he fought the Aztecs because....

• They wanted to be like him.

• They though he was a god who could overthrow the other god that was worshipped.

• They trusted that he was a good person.

• He spread wealth to every single Aztec native.

What did Prince Henry of Portugal do to earn the title "the Navigator"?

• He sailed around the world five times.

• He found his way through the Northwest Passage alone.

• He set up a school for training sailors.

• He created many maps.

The first expedition around the world was lead by this man.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Vasco de Gama

Why did Columbus travel west from Spain?

• To get to America.

• To get to Asia..

• To get to Africa.

• To get to Europe

He invented a machine to make printing books easier.

• Hernando de Soto

• Henry Hudson

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Hernán Cortés

The Turks affected trade with Asia by....

• throwing their silk out in the trash.

• by shutting down Silk Road.

• through only trading with African settlers.

• eliminating silk from their wardrobe.

This group ruled an empire in South America.

• The Turks

• The Dutch

• The Incas

• The Mohicans