Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to 

• Africa
• America
• Asia
• Europe

What were the 3 reasons/motives the conquistadors came to the New World?

• God, Gold, Goods

• Gold, Silver, Bronze

• God, Gold, Glory

• God, Land, Spices

In what year did Christopher Columbus accidently discover the New World?

• 1419

• 1592

• 1492

• 1519

Sail or travel all the way around the world.

• exploration

• traverse

• Silk Road

• circumnavigate

The land route connecting Europe to Asia and India for the purpose of trade.

• exploration

• traverse

• Silk Road

• Marine Silk Road

Used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies, and to estimate time

• compass

• sextant

• octant

• astrolabe

• gunpowder

• chronometer

• astrolabe

• compass

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

His trip was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

Conquistadors were from which country?

• Portugal

• Spain

• England

• France