Religious Wars & Expansion (Age of Exploration)

The period from 1450-1650 was known as each of the following EXCEPT

• the Age of Discovery
• the Age of Reconaissance
• the Age of Exploration
• the Age of Renewal

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Age of Exploration?

• advancements in geographical knowledge of the world
• lack of understanding of much of the knowledge gained
• Europeans would base their knowledge on past explorers
• Europeans would dominate the time period

The first explorer of the Americas was a Viking named

• Erik the Red
• Leif Erikson
• Marco Polo
• Hernando Cortes

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Crusades in relation to the Age of Exploration?

• European dominance of trade markets
• desire of Europeans to find a new route to Asia
• exposure of Europeans to new products from Asia
• realization that the Silk Road was not efficient

Henry the Navigator was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT

• a school for sailors & navigators
• development of the caravel
• creation of new navigation instruments
• conquest of Ceuta

Which of the following was NOT a Portuguese explorer during the Age of Discovery?

• Alfonso de Albuquerque
• Pedro Cabral
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama

Which Portuguese explorer is mismatched with his area of exploration?

• Alfonso de Albuquerque-conquest of Goa
• Bartholomeu Dias-sailing to India around Africa
• Pedro Cabral-Brazil & then India
• Vasco da Gama-India by way of African coast

Which piece of technology did NOT aid Europeans in exploring the world?

• development of caravel
• use of canons to subdue natives
• immunization against tropical diseases
• navigation instrument like the astrolabe

European motives for exploration included each of the following EXCEPT

• desire to gain wealth
• the need to gain knowledge of the world
• advancing the power & interests of various nations
• the need to control most of the Silk Road

Which explorer determined that Columbus had found a new continent?

• Pedro Cabral
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Francisco Pizarro