Age of Exploration

Colonies provided Europeans with valuable resources and raw materials.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• Rarely

Which European nation controlled territory A?

• Spain

• France

• Portugal

• Italy

instrument uses time to locate a sailors longitude on the map

• chronometer

• sextant

• compass

• barometer

Englishman who explored northern Canada and discovered a huge bay

• Henry Hudson

• James Cook

• John Cabot

• Francis Drake

Explain how astrolabe helped begin the Age of Exploration.

• It allowed explorers to navigate using the stars.

• It helped explorers identify their location because there were not landmarks in the ocean.

• It provided maps of the ocean currents.

• It was used to measure the speed of ships.

Frenchman who located the St Lawrence River in Canada and claimed it for France

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

• Henri de Tonti

• Louis Jolliet

Explain how Caravel helped begin the Age of Exploration.

• These ships were advanced for their time becoming ideal for exploring across vast oceans.

• They were primarily used for trade within Europe.

• Caravels were the first ships to navigate the Arctic waters.

• They were designed for speed and could outrun any other ship.

Vasco Da Gama

• First Portuguese explorer to make it to India

• First explorer to circumnavigate the globe

• First European to reach China by sea

• First explorer to discover America

Spanish explorer who located the Mississippi River

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Pizarro

• Juan de Salazar

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Amerigo Vespucci: Discovered South America as its own continent, North and South America named After him

• Discovered South America as its own continent, North and South America named After him.

• First to circumnavigate the globe.

• Explored the Pacific Ocean and named it.

• Sailed under the flag of Spain and discovered Florida.