Exploring the Age of Exploration: Key Figures and Events

The video covers European colonial expansion in the 1400s, driven by the desire for Asian goods and the Ottoman Empire's control of trade routes. It highlights Portuguese exploration along Africa's coast, Columbus's discovery of the Americas, and the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the world between Spain and Portugal. It also discusses Magellan's circumnavigation and Spanish conquests in the Americas.

What was the primary motivation for European countries to expand and set up colonies in the 1400s?

• To find new lands for settlement

• To acquire silks and spices from Asia

• To spread Christianity

• To escape from the Ottoman Empire

Why couldn't Europeans use the Silk Road to get to Asia?

• It was too expensive to travel

• It was destroyed by natural disasters

• The Ottoman Empire had taken control and blocked passage

• It was too long and dangerous

What strategy did Europeans adopt to bypass the Ottoman Empire's control over the Silk Road?

• They built a new road

• They negotiated with the Ottomans

• They used a northern route through Russia

• They decided to sail around Africa

Which country was the first to explore the western coast of Africa?

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

Who was the first explorer to reach the Cape of Good Hope?

• Vasco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

What was Vasco de Gama's significant achievement?

• He conquered the Aztec civilization

• He circumnavigated the globe

• He reached India by sailing around Africa

• He discovered America

Who funded Christopher Columbus's journey to find a western route to Asia?

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Pope

• The King and Queen of Spain

• The King and Queen of Portugal

What was the purpose of the Line of Demarcation drawn by Pope Alexander VI?

• To divide the New World between Spain and Portugal

• To establish trade routes

• To mark the end of the Silk Road

• To separate Catholic and Protestant territories

Which explorer's crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

• Hernando Cortes

• Vasco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

Who conquered the Aztec civilization in South America?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Bartolomeu Dias