Age of Exploration - Explorers (Chapter 4)

Who discovered the Gold Coast in West Africa?

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who reached the Cape of Good Hope?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Bartholomeu Dias

• Captain Pedro Cabral

Who cut across the Indian Ocean?

• Admiral Afonso de Alburquerque

• Vasco da Gama

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Francisco Pizzaro

Who explored Cuba and eventually all of the Caribbean?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Hernan Cortes

Who ended Arab control of the spice trade?

• Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque

• Christopher Columbus

• Captain Pedro Cabral

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who was the first to sail around the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Vasco de Gama

• Amerigo Vespucci

Who explored the New England coastline?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• John Cabot

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizzaro

Who gained territory for Portugal that is now Brazil?

• Francisco Pizzaro

• Hernan Cortes

• Vasco de Gama

• Captain Pedro Cabral

Who is credited for discovering the Americas?

• Columbus

• Pizzaro

• Cabral

• Vespucci

Who conquered the Aztecs?

• Hernan Cortes

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

• John Cabot