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Age of Exploration Unit Test
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Who essentially began the Age of Exploration and why?
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Europeans wanted a DIRECT trade route with Asia
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What did Henry never do that was so unusual for an explorer?
• He never journeyed the sea
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Henry founded this in 1416?
• School of Navigation
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Alvise Cadamasto discovered these in 1456…
• Cape Verde Islands
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What did Bartolomeu Dias become the first explorer to do in 1487?
• Go around the Cape of Good Hope
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Name 2 of the promises that Columbus made to Queen Isabella and King Ferinand
1. bring back gold, spices, and silk
2. spread Christianity
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Thinking the island discovered on his first voyage was part of Asia,
what did Columbus name it?
• San Salvador
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Name the first navigator to circumnavigate the globe.
• Ferdinand Magellan
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What year did Columbus sail from Europe to the Americas?
• 1492
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Why did Columbus think he could sail west to reach Asia?
• Maps of the time period made the oceans look smaller than they were
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What were the names of the 3 ships Columbus had under his command?
The Nina
The Pinta
The Santa Maria
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What month and year did Columbus and his sailors’’ spot land?
• October 1492
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During the Age of Exploration the Americas was referred to as this?
Europe?
• Americas = New World
• Europe = Old World
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Why did Columbus call Native Americans “Indians”?
• Because he thought he’d landed near India in Asia
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What was The Columbian Exchange?
• The widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, and ideas between America, Europe, and Africa