The Age of Exploration

What larger time period was the Age of Exploration a part of and made possible by?

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Reconstruction

• Antebellum

Which of the following is not one of the 3 G's of exploration?

• God

• Gold

• Game

• Glory

Who conquered the Inca Empire?

• Pizarro

• Cortes

• de Soto

• Vespucci

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortez

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

The reason behind the Age of Exploration was to find a .....

• water route around the Northern edge of Canada

• water route to the Indies

• a water route to the interior of North America

The __________ was the global exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and culture between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that began in 1492.

• Magellan Express

• Columbian Exchange

• Tri-Continental Transit

• Compass

He was the first person to sail around Africa to India.

• Diaz

• Da Gama

• Magellan

• Prince Henry

His voyage was the first to sail around (circumnavigate) the Earth.

• Diaz

• Da Gama

• Magellan

• Prince Henry

He started a navigation school at Sagres in Portugal

• Prince Henry

• Vasco da Gama

• Portofino Diaz

Conquistadors were people who conquered and explored for _______.

• France and England

• Italy and Germany

• Spain and Portugal