Grade 8 Age of Exploration

Which was not a reason for European expansion?

• Expand the gold supply

• Expand Christianity

• Claiming new territories

• Expand the printing press

The process of determining a person's position, or planning and following a route.

• flying

• exploration

• eating

• navigation

To travel all the way around something; Ferdinand Magellan did this...

• circumnavigate

• sail

• navigate

• explore

The attitude of a country that wants to expand its territory and power.

• Ethnocentrism

• Humanism

• Imperialism

• Expansionism

A type of ship that was developed by the Portuguese.

• Kayak

• Caravel

• Canoe

• Medieval Cog

First invented by the Chinese; used to find direction using the magnetic forces of the earth.

• compass

• astrolabe

• cross-staff

• back-staff

Where was Columbus trying to sail?

• Cuba

• Asia

• Australia

• Spain

Which monarch(s) supported Columbus' voyage?

• Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain

• Queen Elizabeth I of England

• Prince Henry of Portugal

• King Louis XIV of France

A mythical Christian who Europeans believed could help convert people to Christianity.

• Father Joseph

• Preacher Allen

• Prester John

• Pope Paul II

An instrument that uses the North Star or the Sun to calculate latitude.

• compass

• astrolabe

• GPS

• cross-staff