The Age of Exploration

How did the Vikings contribute to world travel?

• a. The Vikings set up the world's first travel agency in Scandinavia.                                                                  

• b. The Vikings were the first Europeans to reach North America

•         c. The Vikings sailed East and founded the island colonies of Iceland, and Greenland.

• d. The creepy elf over your shoulder should have told you that b and c are correct.

What is significant about the year 1000?

• a. Yo mama was born! 

• b. Erik the Red founded Greenland                                   

• c. Leif Erikson arrived in North America

• d. Columbus discovered America

Which of the following best describes Prince Henry the Navigator?

• The man who designed the ship called the Caramel

• The Portuguese Prince who led many expeditions along the coast of Africa

• The Portuguese Prince that opened several schools to increase sailing

• The first man to round Africa and trade with Asia

Which of the following best describes the Caravel?

• a. It was the name of the ship the Portuguese used to discover America

• b. It was the most successful ice cream cake business on the US east coast

• c. It was the style of ships the Portuguese developed that greatly advanced their ability in sailing

• d. It is a sweet gooey candy that made the Portuguese millions of dollars in trade

Why was 1497 a significant year in world exploration?

• Prince Henry rounded Africa, bound for Asia

• Columbus discovered America

• Vespucci discovered South Africa

• Da Gama rounded Africa to trade with Asian countries

What motives were there for Ferdinand and Isabella to fund Columbus’ voyages?

• To trade silks, spices, and precious metals of Asia

• They hoped to keep their rival, Portugal, from controlling trade with Asia

• They wanted to be the first country to sale around the world

• Both a and b are correct

Why did Columbus call the people of the Caribbean, “Indians?”

• He arrived in Indiana

• He thought he arrived in the West Indies

• He named them after his mother, India

• The Natives told him he was in India

What is significant about October 12, 1492?

• a. Columbus voyage began        

• b. Columbus landed in Asia

• c. Columbus landed in the Caribbean

• d. Columbus died

To what present-day continent did Vespucci sail to in 1501?

• a. North America

• b. Asia

• c. Southern Asia 

• d. South America

Why do you think Vespucci called the place he discovered the “new world”?

• a. Many of the Natives looked like Martians he had seen in ancient drawings                                                              

• b. He believed he had been sucked up into a spaceship and delivered to a different place in the universe          

• c. It was a figure of speech because it was like no other place he had seen

• d. Because the name of the place he traveled to translated as “new world” in Spanish