Age of Exploration

Sail or travel all the way around the world.

• exploration

• traverse

• Silk Road

• circumnavigate

The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

• exploration

• Marine Silk Road

• colonization

• circumnavigate

The land route connecting Europe to Asia and India for the purpose of trade.

• exploration

• traverse

• Silk Road

• Marine Silk Road

• compass

• sextant

• octant

• astrolabe

• gunpowder

• chronometer

• astrolabe

• compass

At the beginning, what was the purpose of Portuguese explorations?

• trade

• colonization

• sailing

• catch animals

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world by sailing.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

His trip was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernan Cortes

• Marco Polo

Who was the first European to come to the Americas? What year did he arrive?

• Columbus in 1492

• Ponce de Leon in 1493

• Vasco da Gama in 1502

• Leif Ericson in 1000 AD

What products from Asia did the Europeans want?

• gold, silk and spices

• spices, gems and gunpowder

• tea, slaves and gems

• silk, furs and timber