Exploration Presentation Notes Quiz

Who was known as 'the Navigator' and started a school for navigation?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry

• Pedro Cabral

Pedro Cabral is known for establishing a trading post in which present-day country?

• India

• Brazil

• Spain

• Portugal

Ferdinand Magellan sailed around _______ and eventually to the Philippines.

• Africa

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

Which explorer landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea, a new land to Europe?

• Vasco da Gama

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

What did Europeans learn about the world during the age of exploration?

• The world was flat

• Sailing completely around the globe was possible

• The Americas were uninhabited

• Asia was closer than Europe thought

Spain became one of the richest and most powerful countries due to ________.

• Agriculture

• Colonization

• Mining

• Trade

How many civilizations were destroyed in the Americas due to exploration?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Many native people in the Americas became ________ for the Spanish.

• Warriors

• Labors

• Traders

• Priests

Giovanni de Verrazzano's exploration gave France its first claims of the ________.

• Old World

• New World

• Asia

• Africa

What was a major consequence of European exploration for the native populations in the Americas?

• Cultural exchange

• Population growth

• Introduction of new technologies

• Death from European diseases