Age of Exploration Unit Test

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Age of Exploration Unit Test

Who essentially began the Age of Exploration and why? Prince Henry the Navigator Europeans wanted a DIRECT trade route with Asia

What did Henry never do that was so unusual for an explorer? He never journeyed the sea

Henry founded this in 1416? School of Navigation

Alvise Cadamasto discovered these in 1456… Cape Verde Islands

What did Bartolomeu Dias become the first explorer to do in 1487? Go around the Cape of Good Hope

Name 2 of the promises that Columbus made to Queen Isabella and King Ferinand 1. bring back gold, spices, and silk 2. spread Christianity

Thinking the island discovered on his first voyage was part of Asia, what did Columbus name it? San Salvador

Name the first navigator to circumnavigate the globe. Ferdinand Magellan

What year did Columbus sail from Europe to the Americas? 1492

Why did Columbus think he could sail west to reach Asia? Maps of the time period made the oceans look smaller than they were

What were the names of the 3 ships Columbus had under his command? The Nina The Pinta The Santa Maria

What month and year did Columbus and his sailors’’ spot land? October 1492

During the Age of Exploration the Americas was referred to as this During the Age of Exploration the Americas was referred to as this? Europe? Americas = New World Europe = Old World

Why did Columbus call Native Americans “Indians”? Because he thought he’d landed near India in Asia

What was The Columbian Exchange? The widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, and ideas between America, Europe, and Africa