A Study of Exploration
& Empire!
1. In the 1300s Europe depended on spices from ______________& _____________.
2. Why did they need spices?
3. What religion were the people who had the spices for sale?
4. Exploration required new technology. List 3 new technologies.
5. Which people invented the compass?
6. Which people invented the astrolabe?
7. What are cartographers?
8. Who created many of the inaccurate maps of the early explorers?
9. Which direction do lines of longitude run?
10. Which direction do lines of Latitude run?
11. Who invented the caravel?
12. Describe the caravel.
13. Who is Bartolomeu Dias, and what did he do?
14. The first European to actually sail all the way around the tip of Africa and reach
Asia/India was _______________________________________________.
15. Who gave Christopher Columbus the money to set sail?
16. Columbus thought he was in India, but he was actually on an island of the
__________________________.
17. Who discovered the new world and has America named after him?
18. Watch the video on Slide 26 The Age of Exploration. Record the answers to the
video quiz here.
Here are some terms from the movie that may help you.
God, Glory and Gold
Genoa and Venice
renaissance
pizzaro
portugal
John Cabot
hernan cortez
vasco da gama
caravels
India
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19. Explain the Treaty of Tordesillas. You can draw a diagram to show how the pope
divided the world. There is a little video on slide 30 to show you.
20. Magellan had a very difficult journey. List at least 3 things that happened on the
journey.
21. What did he name the ocean?
22. What does circumnavigate mean?
23. Who was given credit with being the first to circumnavigate the globe even though
he died before the journey was complete?
24. Which country had control of every country in South America except Brazil?
25. Which country had control of Brazil?
26. What were the 3 goals of the Spanish as they explored?
27. Who did the Aztecs believe Hernan Cortes was since he road in on a horse?
28. Who was the leader of the Aztecs?
29. List 3 things that occurred between the Spanish and the Aztecs.
30. What country is today where Hernan Cortes attacked Motnezuma?
31. What country is where Pizzaro attacked the Inca?
32. Where did Hernan De Soto explore?
33. Where did Coronado explore?
34. What was the worst enemy of the Native Americans?
35. The Dutch had a colony in the New World called New Amsterdam. They also had a
colony in Africa, and they used it to become very succesful _____________ traders.
36. The French did not really want to farm. They wanted to make money quicker. What
did they harvest to make money fast?
37. The French did establish ______________plantations on a few islands.
38. Who was Sir Francis Drake?
39. The first English settlement was ___________________________.
40. Describe the slave ship.
41. What is mercantilism?
Answer the questions at the end of the presentation. Some of them, you may have
already answered in your guide. This should make them easy for you.