Topic 16 Lesson 1 Quiz

Why did European nations start looking for a water route to Asia?

• to gain a faster way to travel to the Holy Land

• to build permanent colonies in India and China

• to take part in the profitable trade that Italy controlled

• to gain information so they could make more accurate maps

Cartography is the science of

• making maps.

• designing ships.

• determining direction.

• navigating by the stars.

What benefits did a caravel offer to explorers?

• It allowed them to find their direction at sea.

• It enabled them to travel faster.

• It helped them navigate by the stars at night.

• It offered protection against attacks by other ships.

What did the Portuguese learn from Bartolomeu Dias’s accomplishment of sailing around the southern tip of Africa?

• that they could reach the Indian Ocean by a water route

• that two previously unknown continents existed

• that they could reach the Spice Islands by sailing west

• that the astrolabe was not an effective navigating tool

What did Gerardus Mercator accomplish?

• He invented the compass.

• He reached Asia by sailing west.

• He developed a new map projection.

• He sailed around the world for the first time.