Age of Exploration Portugal

What is a motive?

• a kind of spice from Asia

• a tool for making maps

• something that causes people to act

• a ship that can travel across the ocean

A main motive for European exploration was finding

• spices from the Americas

• new trade routes to Asia

• people who could design better ships

• foods that would not spoil on a long voyage

Which of these is an advance in knowledge and technology that led to European exploration?

• the desire to spread Christianity

• the chance to earn wealth from new lands

• improved ship design

• merchants who wanted to increase trade

How did advances in cartography lead to European exploration?

• Caravels made it easier for explorers to sail.

• Compasses helped sailors find direction.

• Better maps made navigation easier.

• Improved weapons helped Europeans conquer native peoples.

How did Prince Henry contribute to the Age of Exploration?

• He started a school of navigation.

• He planned many expeditions.

• He sent expeditions to the west coast of Africa.

• all of the above

Which Portuguese explorer sailed around Africa and across the Indian Ocean to reach India?

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Pedro Cabral

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry

A territory that is under the political and economic control of another country is called

• a market economy.

• a cottage industry.

• a colony.

• a nation.

What was a negative effect of Portuguese colonization in Brazil?

• More people could afford to buy Asian goods.

• Sailors had better navigation tools.

• Portugal won more territory

• Native peoples died from European diseases.

What did the compass allow explorers to do?

• Know which direction they were headed

• read lines of latitude

• determine their estimated time of arrival

• determine the time of day

Why did the Portuguese want a new trade route to Asia?

• to control trade and set the prices

• to make more difficult for those who followed them

• to find gold

• to spread Christianity