Exploration and Cartography Concepts

What is cartography?

• • 
    

  • Cart Making

• • Map Making

• • Boat Making

The age of exploration is also known as the age of _________.

• • discovery

• • explorers

• • invention

One of the key reasons for the age of exploration was the desire to find new trade routes to which CONTINENT

• • Europe

• • Africa

• • Asia

Who controlled the Silk Road?

• • Byzantine Empire

• • Ottoman Empire

• • Greek Empire

The discovery of ______________ in the Americas fueled the ambitions of explorers.

• • 
    

  • lumber and elephants

• • lumber and spices

• • gold and other precious metals

Which of the following was a technological advancement during this time? ( pick 3 of 4 )

• • astrolabe

• • stern post rudder

• • sonar

• • caravel

TRUE OR FALSE:

The technological advances made sea travel more difficult.

• True

• False

When did Christopher Columbus navigate across the Atlantic Ocean?

• • 1492

• • 1592

• • 1392

TRUE OR FALSE:

Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.

• True

• False

TRUE OR FALSE:

Ferdinand Magellan's crew completed the expedition and proved that the earth was, indeed, flat.

• True

• False