The Age of Exploration

Europeans began exploring the world because they wanted to:

• gain riches from Asia like silk and spices
• prove that the world was flat
• discover a New World
• All of these are true

The motivation to explore for Europeans included:

• the desire to spread their religion
• the need to move to a new continent
• the need to build new and better ships
• All of these

The goal of Columbus's first voyage was to:

• Go around Africa to Asia
• Find the New World
• Conquer the Aztec Empire
• Get to Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson

Which Explorer was looking for a route to Asia?

• Da Gama
• Columbus
• Hudson
• All of these

What world leader(s) paid for Columbus' expedition across the Atlantic Ocean?

• Manuel I of Portugal

• Charles the Bold and Louis XII of France

• Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain

What influence did Prince Henry the Navigator have on the Age of Discovery?

• He captained the first European ships to travel to Asia.

• He improved navigation by developing the first compass.

• He used his maps to find the first water routes to Africa.

• He paid for sailors to travel to and explore new locations.

Which of the following did Ferdinand Magellan accomplish in his explorations?

• He was the first explorer to discover a sea route around South America.

• He was the first explorer to discover the Caribbean Islands.

• He was the first explorer to establish trade with North America.

• He was the first explorer to establish a colony in the New World.

What was significant about the voyage of Bartolomeu Dias?

• He was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the world.

• He was the first European explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa.

• He was the first European explorer to travel to Africa and Asia.

• He was the first European explorer to explore all of the continents.

In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up what is now known as the Hudson River and explored much of what is now New York State. What was Hudson trying to find?

• farmland for plantations

• gold and silver mines

• a place to start a colony

• a route to Asia