The Age of Exploration
Test your knowledge of the Age of Exploration, including the reasons behind its beginning, the impact of the Renaissance, and the developments in shipbuilding and navigation.
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The Age of Exploration
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- Question 1
- Civilization
- Renaissance
- Industrialization
- Colony
- Question 2
- To search for new lands to colonize
- To spread Christianity
- To establish a new empire
- To find new trade routes
- Question 3
- It led to a focus on land-based exploration
- It led to a decline in interest in exploration
- It had no impact on the Age of Exploration
- It provided new technologies and innovations that enabled exploration
- Question 4
- To map the coast of South America
- To colonize new lands in Asia
- To establish trade routes with Africa
- To find a new route to the Spice Islands
- Question 5
- Diaz
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- Da Gama
- Question 6
- He led the first expedition to the New World
- He sailed down the West coast of Africa
- He sponsored sailors and established a school for exploration
- He discovered the Spice Islands
- Question 7
- They were used to chart the weather patterns of the Atlantic
- They were used to map the coast of Africa
- They were used to record the routes of Spanish explorers
- They were used for navigation in the New World
- Question 8
- The mapping of the coast of Africa
- The colonization of Brazil
- The discovery of the New World
- The establishment of trade routes with Asia
- Question 9
- Establishing trade links with European rulers
- Discovering a sea route to Asia
- Finding the Spice Islands
- Mapping over 2,400 kilometers of the African coastline
- Question 10
- Cape of Good Hope
- Cape of Storms
- Cape of Africa
- Cape of Exploration
- Question 11
- Vasco Da Gama
- Bartholemeu Diaz
- Prince Henry
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Question 12
- To avoid pirate attacks
- To explore new lands
- Due to bad weather
- To establish trade with African rulers
- Question 13
- It showed the African coastline
- It showed the route to the New World
- It showed the route from Lisbon to Malindi
- It showed the route to the Spice Islands
- Question 14
- The Spice Islands
- Lisbon
- Cape of Good Hope
- Malindi
- Question 15
- Establishing a sea route to Asia
- Sailing around the tip of Africa
- Discovering the Spice Islands
- Sending ships down the African coast
- Question 16
- Prince Henry
- Bartholemeu Diaz
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Vasco Da Gama