The Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

Time period that led to an increase in exploration and trade

• Age of Reason

• Golden Age

• Age of Exploration

• Gilded Age

A network of land and sea trade routes between Asia and Europe

• Silk Road

• Gold Salt Road

• Atlantic Trade Route

• Indian Ocean Trade Route

Which Italian sailor was first to reach China?

• Christopher Columbus

• Marco Polo

A man by this person inspired exploration.

• Socrates

• Polonius

• Ptolemy

• Pytagoras

What did many people believe about the shape of the world in the 1400s?

• That the world was flat

• That the world was round ike a globe

Which of these two items from Asia was sought after by people from Europe?

• Spices

• Potatoes

• Salt

• Silk

What city was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 leading to a cut off in the overland trade route?

• Ismir

• Rome

• Venice

• Constantinople

What religion did the Pope want to spread to people in the newly explored areas of the world?

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Sikhism

What was a log and line used to measure?

• The speed of the ship in knots

• The ship's Latitude

• The direction a ship was traveling

• The septh of the water.