the Age of Exploration

Question 1

Which two factors sparked exploration?

Answer 1

desire for wealth and advances in sailing techniques and inventions

Question 2

The main desire for exploration was new sources of _______

Answer 2

wealth

Question 3

England, Spain, Portugal, and France wanted to create new ___________ for themselves.

Answer 3

sea routes

Question 4

Europeans wanted to spread __________.

Answer 4

Christianity

Question 5

What is a caravel?

Answer 5

a sturdy, multipurpose ship made in the 1400s

Question 6

What is a sextant used for?

Answer 6

to determine latitude and longitude.

Question 7

Which country lead the way in sailing innovations?

Answer 7

Portugal

Question 8

Who was Portugal’s ‘most enthusiastic explorer’?

Answer 8

Prince Henry (son of the king)

Question 9

Portugal was the first country to establish trading outposts on the west coast of ________.

Answer 9

Africa

Question 10

In 1492, Christopher Columbus receives funding for an ambitious plan of finding a route to Asia. Instead, he finds the _________.

Answer 10

the Americas

Question 11

What was the Treaty of Tordesilla?

Answer 11

a line that divided Spain and Portugal’s claims

Question 12

Spain got ______ of the line, and Portugal got ______ of the line.

Answer 12

Spain got west, Portugal got east.