Module 23 Lesson 1 Quiz--Age of Exploration

Which of the following allowed fifteenth-century European explorers to travel to the New World?

• use of gunpowder

• use of the square sail

• knowledge of native cultures

• advances in navigation skills

How did Pedro Cabral discover new lands in South America

• He was looking for a southwest passage to Asia.

• He was searching for gold owned by New World natives.

• He was looking for new markets for Portuguese products.

• He was sailing off the coast of Africa when he traveled too far west.

Another mistake enabled Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral to discover South America. He tried to sail around Africa, but he sailed too far west, landing on the coast of what is now Brazil.

Many discoveries in the New World were made by accident, such as Pedro Cabral’s voyage off the West African coast, which landed him in modern-day _____when he sailed too far west.

• Argentina

• Brazil

• Peru

• Venezuela

Why did Francis Drake and Henry Hudson attempt voyages to the New World?

• They wanted to establish English colonies in North America.

• They were searching for a fabled city of gold in North America.

• They wanted to covert Native Americans to Protestant Christianity.

• They were hoping to find the Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Which sources of information did many sixteenth-century cartographers use to construct their maps of the New World?

• land surveys

• accounts of exploration

• photographs of coastlines

• astronolical observations

Why did the desire to obtain Asian spices help motivate European explorers to find a sea route to Asia?

• Italy and Egypt controlled the trade routes to Asia and charged high prices for spices.

• They wanted to establish English colonies in North America.

• Columbus promised the Spanish monarch untold riches.

• Sailors found out that they could sail across the equator.

Who directed the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco de Gama

• Christopher Columbus

A man who never went on any sea voyages but responsible for much of Portugal's success in sea such as building an observatory and navigation school to teach sailors how to find their way.

• Frances Drake

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry the Navigator

He sailed around Africa and landed on the west coast of India.

• Frances Drake

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry the Navigator

Italian sailor who thought he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic.

• Frances Drake

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry the Navigator