Age of Exploration

Which statement best describes a caravel?

• A fast moving ship with triangular sails

• A fast moving ship with no sails

• A slow-moving ship with lots of sails

• A slow-moving ship at the mercy of the wind

The science of determining a ship's location and the direction it is traveling is called _____.

• caravel

• navigation

• rudder

• crusader

A paddle on the back of the boat or ship that controls its direction is called ____.

• merchant

• caravel

• navigation

• rudder

How did technology help start the Age of Exploration?

• New technology allowed Europeans to sail further

• New technology allowed Europeans to see other oceans

• New technology allowed Europeans to find new people

• New technology allowed Europeans to build new lives

Who founded the school for navigation in Lisbon, Portugal?

• Prince George

• Prince Herbert

• Prince Louis

• Prince Henry

Bartolomeu Diaz became the first to sail to _____.

• the Cape of Good Luck

• the Cape of Good Hope

• the Cape of Fear

• the Cape of Honor

How did the Treaty of Tordesillas affect exploration?

• Italy could only form new colonies in Asia`

• France and England had to give up their colonies

• Spain claimed the majority of the New World

• Portugal claimed the majority of the New World

What was the main reason conquistadors came to the New World?

• They wanted to learn about new cultures

• They did not have religious freedom in Spain

• They wanted to find riches such as gold

• They were forced to fight for the King

Why did the European countries want to find a Northwest Passage?

• They wanted to quickly reach the Pacific Ocean and trade with Asia

• They would be able to claim lands in the New World more easily

• They would attack other colonies of other European countries

• They watned to use the passage to escape attacks by Native Americans

How did the Treaty of Tordesillas affect Spain and Portugal?

• The treaty divided up the earth

• The treaty divided up the New World discovered by Columbus

• The treaty divided up the land between Spain and France

• The treaty divided up all of Africa and the New World between all of Europe