WorksheetsChapter 2; Lesson 1: Technology Shapes Exploration
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What did most European explorers travel to look for?
Routes to trade with Asia
Maps
Better control
Gold and Ivory
Vikings from Scandinavia were known for?
buying and selling goods
trading with Asia
obtaining riches
raiding European towns
Who were likely the first Europeans to land in North America.
Eric the Red and his crew
Leif Ericsson and his crew
Prince Henry and his crew
Miles Braxton Brown and his crew
Merchants are...
people who raid European towns
people who buy and sell goods
people who trade routes to Asia
sailors who use navigation to plan their course
Popular Asian goods that were bought included
Gold and Silver
Gold and Ivory
Gold and Silk
Silk and Spices
In the 1400s, European nations began to compete for what?
Goods
Spices
Gold
Routes to Asia
True or False: Were land routes to Asia long and dangerous?
True
False
Navigation is...
the process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land
the use of specific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that improve lives
a new kind of sailing ship that was smaller and lighter
when slave traders bought and sold humans as property
Who invented the magnetic compass?
Europeans
Africans
Chinese
Portuguese
The astrolabe measured what?
the amount of when your caravel took
the height of your caravel and how fast it is moving
the distance of your destination from where you are currently located
the height of the sun or star above the horizon
True or False: The astrolabe helped the Portuguese learn to chart more accurately the locations of places such as harbors, mouths of rivers, and coastlines.
True
False
Who invented the caravel?
Chinese
Europeans
Africans
Portuguese
What were the benefits of the caravel?
larger and slower
longer and sturdy
smaller and lighter
brighter and smaller
Prince Henry was known for doing what?
starting a school to teach navigation and mapmaking
leading the Portuguese to find sea routes to Asia
selling humans as property in the slave trade
leading an expedition of three ships to explore Africa's western coast
Other than wanting to know more about the world around him, Prince Henry also wanted to do what?
trade slaves
raid European towns
spread his religion in Africa
be the greatest navigator ever
The Portuguese wanted to be the first to...
reach Asia by sea in order to control trade there
practice the African slave trade
land in North America
develop the best navigation tools
The most important business to the Portuguese was?
gold
silk and spices
routes
slave trade
Bartolomeu Dias was known for doing what?
starting a school to teach navigation and mapmaking
leading the Portuguese to find sea routes to Asia
selling humans as property in the slave trade
leading an expedition of three ships to explore Africa's western coast
What voyage allowed Portugal to take a leading position in India's rich spice trade?
Vasco da Gama's
Prince Henry the Navigator's
Eric the Red's
Leif Ericsson's
