Which was a purpose of Spanish and Portuguese voyages of exploration?

Exploration and Discoveries Quiz

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Holly Allen
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establishing sea routes to the Indies to make profits from trade
studying the governments of other countries around the world
claiming lands for settling convicts
investigating major world religions to bring back to their countries
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Which Portuguese nobleman led a fleet of 13 ships on a voyage to India but first sailed west to use the winds?
Vasco de Gama
Bartolomeu Dias
Pedro Cabral
Prince Henry the Navigator
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which is not an accurate description of Christopher Columbus?
an Italian seafarer who gained sponsorship from Spain
a Spanish explorer who accurately estimated the sizes of Asia and Europe
a talented navigator who relied on faulty estimates of the earth's circumference
the European explorer who was convinced he had reached the Indies when he made landfall in the Americas
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Who was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the globe?
Pedro Cabral
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco de Gama
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which is an accurate description of Bartolomeu Dias?
He was sent by the Portuguese court to find the southern tip of Africa.
He was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa.
He knew that he could reach Asia by sailing westward across the Atlantic.
He introduced the Portuguese language in what is now Brazil.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which is an accurate use of the term "New World"?
the fifteenth and sixteenth century European view of the Americas
the increased knowledge of the earth as a result of the European voyages of exploration
the term given to Spanish culture in the Americas
the geographic designation for all lands in the Southern Hemisphere
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