Ch 2 Lesson 1:Early Explorers and advances in technology

Who was the first European explorer to sail around the tip of Africa?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco De Gama

• Leif Ericcson

• Prince Henry

How did Prince Henry's sailors help the explorers who eventually reached India?

• They learned how to become merchants as well as sailors

• They improved maps and founded settlements along the way

• They fought agains other European nations for control of the seas

• They demonstrated that the world is round, not flat as previously believed

What was the main motivation for European nations to trade with Asian nations

• The value of new markets and goods

• The caravel and advances in technology

• The time it took to trade over land routes

• Viking reports of lands unknown to Europeans

What is the purpose of an astrolabe?

• To tell the exact measurement of time

• to tell how far you have traveled

• to catch more wind to go faster

• to tell the direction of the wind

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Which statement makes the most convincing argument for a ruler to provide the money for an explorer's expedition?

• People tell stories of a magical fountain of youth

• The crops we bring back will pay for the cost of the trip

• The trade routes we open up will more than cover the cost

• The new people we meet will appreciate our culture and products