Exploration Then and Now - Columbus vs Musk

The Age of Exploration (ships sailing on the oceans) took place when?

• 1000-1100

• 1400s and 1500s

• 1800s and 1900s

• 2000-2010

The "3 Gs" help you to understand the motivations of the Age of Exploration in Europe. Which "G" is NOT one of those?

• Gold

• God

• Guidance

• Glory

How far in the future is Elon Musk predicting we will have a successful, self-sustaining "human city on Mars"?

• 5 months

• 5 years

• 50 years

• 500 years

Why were the "explorers" avoiding the overland route to Asia (the Silk Road) when they tried to find an alternate path across the ocean?

• The Mongols

• The Islamic Empire

• Africans

• The Americas

Which of the following was NOT an "Explorer" mentioned in the slide lesson?

• Christopher Columbus

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Age of Exploration

,

(b) Occupy Mars

,

(c) Both

• Supported, but not controlled, by countries

• Caravels

• Christopher Columbus

• Shortcut to Asia

• Innovative technologies

• Glory

• "God" as a motivation

• Nuclear blasts on the poles

• Secular Humanities survival as motivation

• Elon Musk

• Exploring Frontiers

New technologies and methods that helped the Explorers discover the New World...(multiple answers are correct. Must choose ALL correct to get credit)

• Astrolabe

• New, improved maps

• Gunpowder

• Compass

Which of the following was NOT a group mentioned in the slides that is involved in the exploration of Mars?

• Space X (Elon Musk)

• China

• NASA (USA)

• Spain