The Age of Exploration Begins Lesson 1 (HL)

In the 1200 and 1300s, countries in Western Europe began exploring the world in search of spices, silk, and other goods from Asia.

• True

• False

Because Europeans accessed Arab technology, they were able to travel further distances at sea.

• True

• False

Europeans needed the following to find Asia:

(select all that apply)

• the astrolabe

• the compass

• triangular sails for their ships

• ancient maps and books

Reorder the following events in chronological order.

• Bartolomeu Dias sails to the southern tip of Africa

• Jacques Cartier sails the St. Lawrence River

• Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas

• The Treaty of Tordesillas is signed

Sailors and explorers were able to get copies of ancient maps due to the invention of the ______. (Fill in the blank.)

Europeans learned about the ​​ ​ (a)   by studying the works of an ​ ​ ​ (b)   ​ (c)   named (d)   .

• Indian Ocean
• Arab
• geographer
• al-Idrisi

Which of the following was NOT a western European country that began looking for a sea route to Asia in the 1400s?

• England

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• Greece

The political landscape in the countries between Europe and Asia caused European traders to begin looking for an alternative route to Asia.

• True

• False

The astrolabe was a navigation tool used to find longitude at sea.

• True

• False

The​ (a)   was a ​ (b)   sailors used to figure out which ​ (c)   they were travelling.

• compass
• tool
• direction
• astrolabe
• map
• kingdom