Early Explorers Unit 2 Lesson 1

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

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Leif Ericcson

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 against other European nations for control of the seas.

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

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 how many stars are in the sky

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 be very expensive.

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

If you do something without errors or mistakes it is done ________.

• Slave Trade

• Navigation

• Accurately

• Merchant

A person who buys and sells goods for profit is a ______.

• Slave Trade

• Navigation

• Accurately

• Merchant

The _____ is getting, transporting and selling human beings as slave.

• Slave Trade

• Navigation

• Accurately

• Merchant

_____ is the process of planning a route and finding one's location

• Slave Trade

• Navigation

• Accurately

• Merchant

What was the main goal of Prince Henry’s navigation school?

• to start a colony there

• to establish the slave trade

• to find and control trade routes