Exploring the Age of Discovery: Key Events and Figures

The video explores the Age of Discovery, highlighting European exploration, trade, and colonization. It covers the spread of Islam in Africa, the Portuguese and Spanish conquests, and the impact of the transatlantic slave trade. The video also discusses technological advancements in navigation and the rise of European powers in the New World.

What was the first major Muslim state in Southeast Asia?

• The Malacca Sultanate

• The Majapahit Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

• The Songhai Empire

Who was known as the Navigator and sponsored early Portuguese explorations?

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry

• Christopher Columbus

• King Manuel I

Which explorer was the first to round the southern tip of Africa?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Pedro Alvarez Cabral

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who reached India by sea, breaking the Ottoman control over the spice trade?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

Who correctly identified the lands discovered by Columbus as a new continent?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Marco Polo

• Vasco de Gama

What was the primary reason for the Spanish conquests in the Americas?

• To spread Christianity

• To establish trade routes

• To find gold

• To explore new lands

Which empire did Francisco Pizarro conquer?

• The Aztec Empire

• The Songhai Empire

• The Inca Empire

• The Malacca Sultanate

Which system did the Spanish use to exploit native populations in the Americas?

• The feudal system

• The encomienda system

• The caste system

• The manorial system

Who was the first to explore the North American coasts since the Vikings?

• Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot)

• Francis Drake

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

Which European power established the first permanent settlement in the Americas at Jamestown?

• England

• Netherlands

• Spain

• France