Age of Exploration

Front

Which statement best describes a caravel? A fast moving ship with triangular sails, A fast moving ship with no sails, A slow-moving ship with lots of sails, A slow-moving ship at the mercy of the wind

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A fast moving ship with triangular sails

Front

The science of determining a ship's location and the direction it is traveling is called _____

Back

navigation

Front

A paddle on the back of the boat or ship that controls its direction is called ____.

Back

rudder

Front

How did technology help start the Age of Exploration?

Back

New technology allowed Europeans to sail further

Front

Who founded the school for navigation in Lisbon, Portugal?

Back

Prince Henry

Front

Bartolomeu Diaz became the first to sail to _____?

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the Cape of Good Hope

Front

How did the Treaty of Tordesillas affect exploration?

Back

Spain claimed the majority of the New World.

Front

What was the main reason conquistadors came to the New World?

Back

They wanted to find riches such as gold.

Front

Why did the European countries want to find a Northwest Passage?

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They wanted to quickly reach the Pacific Ocean and trade with Asia

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How did the Treaty of Tordesillas affect Spain and Portugal?

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The treaty divided up the New World discovered by Columbus.