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?
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