Age of Exploration

Whose accounts of travels to Asia inspired many Europeans to explore the world?

• Giovanni Caboto

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

Which instruments did sailors use to determine their position and direction at sea?

• anchor and rudder

• astrolabe and magnetic compass

• oars and sails

• deck and crow's nest

Who encouraged Portuguese exploration?

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Pedro Cabral

Which significant point did Bartolomeu Dias discover during his voyage?

• Straits of Magellan

• Northwest Passage

• Tasmania

• Cape of Good Hope

Where did Vasco da Gama explore?

• Newfoundland

• eastern coast of North America

• eastern coast of Africa

• Caribbean Islands

What did Pedro Cabral accidentally sail to?

• Brazil

• Canary Islands

• North America

• Java

Which island group did Columbus reach on his first voyage to the Americas?

• Hawaiian Islands

• Bahamas

• Philippines

• Azores

Which countries divided newly discovered lands outside Europe by the Treaty of Tordesillas?

• France and England

• Spain and Portugal

• Italy and Germany

• Netherlands and Belgium

Which Spanish priest spoke out against the mistreatment of Native Americans?

• Hernán Cortés

• Bartolomé de Las Casas

• Francisco Pizarro

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

What was the first English colony in North America?

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Roanoke Island

• Massachusetts Bay