Chapter 2 - Age of Exploration (Content)

In the 1400's _________________________ and Portugal supported exploration down the coast of Africa in search of a sea route to Asia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry

• Vasco de Gama

• Ponce de Leon

T/F: Navigation tools and bigger ships improved sea travel for Portuguese explores.

• True

• False

(a)   were European explorers who settled distant lands.

Prince Henry was trying to find a sea route to ______________.

• Africa

• North America

• Asia

• South America

​ ​ ​ (a)   followed ​ (b)   route around the Cape of Good Hope and established a trade route to Asia.​ ​ ​

• Vasco de Gama
• Bartolomeu Dias
• Vasco de Gama's
• Bartolomue Dias's

Whose expedition circumnavigated the world?

• Magellan

• Columbus

• Ponce de Leon

• Spain

Spains rulers paid for voyages for ​ (a)   reasons.

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

T/F: Columbus accidentally found North America.

• True

• False

• Nobody knows for sure

(a)   searched for riches and claimed land for Spain in the Americas.

Columbus was searching for which continent?

• Australia

• North America

• Africa

• Asia