Ch.2 Review Age of Exploration and Advances in Technology

Why did some European rulers agree to be patrons for explorers?

• To gain land.

• To get money.

• To spread religion.

• All of the above.

Who is given credit for creating the caravel?

• Spain

• Portugal

• America

• Africa

Name 2 European explorers.

Which explorer is known for being the first to sail around the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon

What is one navigational tool we still use today?

Why do people explore?

The _________ _________ was a movement of people, animals, plants and cultures between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

A conquistador is a ____________ explorer.