The Age of Encounters

Which explorer was the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Jaques Cartier

What is a caravel?

• high demand, low supply

• scarcity

• a ship with broad bows and beams

What is cartography?

• the study of rocks

• the study of geography

• graph making

• map making

Ferdinand and Isabella were patrons for which explorer?

• Pedro Cabral

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Jacques Cartier

What was the benefit of having a patron?

• They would finance the explorers to explore.

• They would give them money to find stuff.

• Patrons would hire the crew.

• They would share what they had learned.

What does scarcity mean?

• Supply is high and demand is low.

• Supply and demand are high.

• Supply and demand are low.

• The demand is high, but the supply is low.

How did Columbus's voyage help other explorer?

• Columbus paid others to explore.

• Columbus shared what he learned.

• Columbus kept all his information private.

• Columbus gave his information to Queen Isabella.

Using the map, which explorer's path are these?

a

John Cabot

Christopher Columbus

Using the map, label the route.

a

John Cabot

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Cartier

Using the map, which European explorer took this route?

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• John Cabot

• Jacques Cartier

• Pedro Cabral