Exploration Quiz

What was the primary goal of the Portuguese in exploring Africa?

• To find new lands for colonization

• To sail around the tip of Africa to reach Asia

• To establish slave trade routes

• To convert indigenous populations to Christianity

Who wrote The Prince, a book about political power and ruling?

• Erasmus

• Machiavelli

• Martin Luther

• Savonarola

Christopher Columbus intended to reach which destination when he set sail in 1492?

• India

• Japan

• The Americas

• China

What were the main accomplishments of Vasco da Gama?

What are the two main divisions of Islam?

• Sunni and Shia

• Orthodox and Reform

• Eastern and Western

• Sunni and Catholic

Savonarola supported the church’s wealth and luxury.

• True

• False

Ivan the Great expanded Russia and ended Mongol rule.

• True

• False

Bartolomeu Dias was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

• True

• False

Martin Luther’s “Ninety-Five Theses” opposed indulgences and church corruption.

• True

• False

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa after reading In Praise of Folly.

• True

• False