Renaissance - Age of Exploration

Renaissance - Age of Exploration

Quiz

What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?

• The edge of the Earth
• Giant sea monsters
• New trading routes
• New continents
• The lost city of Atlantis

Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

• To find gold and silver
• To find lands they could colonize
• To find new trading routes to the East Indies
• All of the above
• None of the above

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what two countries?

• Spain and Portugal
• England and France
• Germany and Austria
• Italy and Greece
• Spain and France

Who was Henry the Navigator?

• The first European to sail around the south of Africa
• The first explorer to discover the Americas
• The conqueror of the Inca Empire in South America
• The first explorer to circumnavigate the world
• The King of Portugal who sent out explorers to map the west coast of Africa

Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of Africa to India?

• Vasco da Gama
• Christopher Columbus
• Hernan Cortes
• Henry the Navigator
• Francisco Pizarro

What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus where he discovered the Americas?

• England
• Spain
• Portugal
• Germany
• Italy

Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became the United States?

• Spain
• Netherlands
• England
• Portugal
• Germany

Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

• Christopher Columbus
• Bartolomeu Dias
• Francisco Pizarro
• Hernan Cortes
• Vasco da Gama

True or False: The Age of Exploration took place at about the same time as the European Renaissance?

• True
• False

What area of the world was still not mapped at the end of the Age of Exploration?

• Much of central Africa
• Arctic and Antarctic
• East Australia
• All of the above
• None of the above False