The Age of Exploration

How could people gain wealth with explorations?

• trade for spices and other valuables from Asia

• grow crops in their home country

• avoid contact with other cultures

• stay in one place and not travel

What is a cartographer?

• map maker

• astronomer

• geologist

• biologist

What is an astrolabe?

• tool for determining latitude while at sea

• ancient weapon used in battles

• musical instrument from the Renaissance

• type of medieval ship

What are two ways Henry the Navigator supported exploration?

• 1. Founded a navigation school 2. invested in exploration

• 1. Built large ships 2. Discovered America

• 1. Invented the compass 2. Led voyages himself

• 1. Created new maps 2. Became king of Portugal

What did Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias discover?

• Southern tip of Africa

• Amazon River

• Cape Horn

• Strait of Magellan

Christopher Columbus' voyage was funded by:

• King Henry VIII of England

• Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain

• King Louis XIV of France

• Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire

Under the agreement, what country had rights to any lands west of the line?

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

• England

Under the agreement, what country had rights to land east of the line?

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

• England

The German map maker called the new territory ______ after reading Vespucci’s accounts in 1507.

• America

• Asia

• Africa

• India

Columbus landed in the ________ in 1492.

• Caribbean Islands

• Mediterranean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean