The Age of Exploration

When was the Age of Exploration?

• 1095-1291
• 1860-1865
• 1400-1500
• 1450-1700

Europeans began exploring the world because they wanted to:

• gain riches from Asia like silk and spices
• prove that the world was flat
• discover a New World
• All of these are true

An instrument that helps sailors find their latitude is a(n):

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Caravel
• Lateen

A triangular sail is known as a(n):

• Astrolabe
• Caravel
• Lateen
• Rudder

Ships that made long distance ocean voyages possible were:

• Caravels
• Astrolabes
• Titanics
• Voyagers

The motivation to explore for Europeans included:

• the desire to spread their religion
• the need to move to a new continent
• the need to build new and better ships
• All of these

The goal of Columbus's first voyage was to:

• Go around Africa to Asia
• Find the New World
• Conquer the Aztec Empire
• Get to Asia by sailing West across the Atlantic

The first explorer to sail around Africa to Asia was:

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry Hudson

Who is credited with figuring out that Columbus had not discovered Asia, but a New World?

• Vasco da Gama
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci
• John Cabot

Which of the following was a major impact of Columbus and his voyages?

• Knowledge of the world increased
• European countries started colonies in the New World
• Lasting contact between the Old and New Worlds was established
• All of these are true