The Age of Exploration - Lesson 1

Which of the following were motivations that encouraged European explorers during the 1400s?

• Desire for new trade routes, search for wealth, spread of Christianity, quest for adventure

• Interest in local agriculture, fear of the unknown, desire to avoid conflict, search for peace

• Need for isolation, preference for land travel, avoidance of new cultures, focus on local trade

• Desire to maintain the status quo, interest in ancient history, search for lost cities, avoidance of the sea

Vasco da Gama and other sailors did which of the following to help them sail?

• They used navigational instruments like the astrolabe and compass.

• They relied only on the stars without any instruments.

• They avoided using maps and charts.

• They sailed only during the daytime.

Fill in the blank: ________ was a Portuguese prince who started a sailing school and funded many expeditions.

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

Fill in the blank: ________ was the first explorer to sail safely around Africa to India.

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot

Fill in the blank: ________ was an Italian explorer who accidentally discovered the Americas.

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Ferdinand Magellan

Fill in the blank: ________ was a Portuguese navigator who first circumnavigated the globe.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• James Cook

To ________ means to go all the way around.

• circumnavigate

• navigate

• calculate

• translate

Fill in the blank: ________ was an English pirate who robbed Spanish ships in the Americas.

• Francis Drake

• Hernán Cortés

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

Fill in the blank: The ________ was a huge fleet of Spanish ships defeated during an attack on England in 1588.

• Spanish Armada

• Viking Longships

• British Royal Navy

• French Corsairs

Ferdinand Magellan met which fate when he circumnavigated the globe?

• He was killed in the Philippines before completing the journey.

• He returned safely to Spain with his crew.

• He was captured by pirates and never seen again.

• He became the first person to map the entire Pacific Ocean.