Early Exploration

During the 15th century, many nations were looking for goods such as silver & gold, but their main desire was for

• diamonds

• oil

• spices

• coal

The supply & demand of spices motivated European explorations to

• Australia

• Africa

• India

• Americas

During the 1400s, for goods to get to Europe, they had to pass through the ancient city of _______, now known as Istanbul.

• Athens

• Constantinople

• Dubai

• Bejing

Christopher Columbus decided to sail across the _______ instead of around Africa.

• Red Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Black Sea

Vasco de Gama

• Brazil

• Rounded Africa

• Round Africa to India

• Sailed to southwest United States

Bartholomew Diaz

• Brazil

• Rounded Africa

• Pacific Ocean

• Mexico

First to sail around the southern tip of Africa 

• Francisco Pizarro 

• Prince Henry the Naviagtor

• Sir Francis Drake 

• Bartolomeu Dias 

Marco Polo

• Founded Americas

• Created the Middle Passage

• Explored Asia and wrote a book about it
  

• Explored Africa

TRIED TO DISCOVER A "NORTHWEST PASSAGE" TO THE EAST BUT NEVER DID

• HENRY HUDSON

• COLUMBUS

• VASCO DA GAMA

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

Which explorer was from Portugal

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernando Cortez

• Francis Drake