Lesson 2: European Explorers

Why was establishing trade difficult for the Portuguese?

• Trade was only allowed to happen in other countries

• They didn't have the proper license to trade

• Trade routes across land were closely protected by other groups

• Pirates

In Portugal, who came up with the idea to travel by sea to establish trade?

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartholomeu Días

• Vasco da Game

• Prince Henry

What did Prince Henry never find?

• Ships to voyage across the Ocean

• A center for experts in Geography and Navigation

• The sea route to Asia and Africa

• The way around people to establish trade routes on land

Why did Portuguese exploration begin?

• People wanted to get products they couldn't get in their own country

• People wanted to find people like them

• People wanted to take vacations

• People wanted to find new places to live

Who first sailed all the way to the southern tip of Africa?

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry

• Bartholomeu Días

• Jacques Cartier

Who first made it around Africa and all the way to India?

• Bartholomeu Días

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry

• Hernando

Christopher Columbus sailed in which direction?

• East

• West

• South

• North

In addition to finding gold and spices, Christopher Columbus believed he was meant to do what?

• Spread his religion

• Teach others to find things

• Write a book

• Harm the Indigenous

Who paid for Christopher Columbus' voyage?

• His Mother

• The town

• Queen Isabella

• Hernando Cortés

What were the names of the three ships that Columbus set sail with?

• The Niña

• The Nunez

• The Pinta

• The Santa Maria