Question | Answer |
Why did ocean travelers hae to beware of the doldrums? | the winds there were calm and fluctuating |
What is the name of the belt of consistent winds that greatly aided early explorers to the New World? | trade winds |
Which occupation was least likely to travel to foreign lands as sea routes opened? | craftsmen |
What was the Incas' greatest natural resource? | land for farming |
What land did the Europeans name Cathay? | China |
What is the navigation method called that involves estimating location and speed in order to then choose the most likely compass heading to get you to your desination? | dead reckoning |
Christopher Columbus was commissioned by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of what country? | Spain |
Why did Vikings begin to explore near the end of the first millennium A.D.? | to find more room to live |
The word Pacific comes from a Latin word meaning what? | peace |
Name three reasons for the start of the African slave trade to the New World. | Settlers were unprepared and unwilling to do the work, Africans were familiar with working as slaves, native people were uncooperative and more susceptible to disease |
What was the primary reason Columbus sailed west from Spain? | to find a route to the East |
What was the true reason the Spanish destroyed the Incan empire? | The Spanish wanted more gold than the Incas were willing to give |
What was unique about the capital of the Aztec empire? | it was built in the middle of a lake |
What did the Portugese explorer Bartolomeu Dias prove in 1487? | it is possible to reach the East by sailing around Africa |
What is the name of the instrument that measures the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon? | astrolabe |
What did the Vikings call Native Americans? | skraelings |
What is the name of the ceremony in which a samuri would kill himself? | seppuku |
What was the name of the strong leaders who united Japan and brought peace? | shoguns |
What was the name of the monk who described Japan as the "Country of War"? | Francis Xavier |
Hernando Cortes asked this Aztec ruler for gold. | Montezuma |
Name one of the island groups in the Caribbean. | Bahamas |
Pizarro marvelled at this capital city's well-built buildings covered in gold. | Cuzco |
He destroyed Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City on the site. | Hernando Cortes |
He conquered the Incan Empire. | Francisco Pizarro |
He opened a school of navigation. | Prince Henry |
He was sent out to explore by Queen Elizabeth of England. | Sir Francis Drake |
He sailed the first Portugese ship into India. | Vasco da Gama |
He rounded the tip of Africa without realizing it. | Bartolomeu Dias |
His crew was the first to sail around the world. | Ferdinand Magellan |
T/F: Most explorers were blind to recognizing God's hand in creation. | False |
T/F: Part of the conquistador's mission was to convert the native people to Roman Catholicism. | True |
T/F: Mayan pyramids, like Egyptian pyramids, usually served as burial places for kings. | False |
T/F: In mainland Central America, Spanish is the main language. | True |
T/F: Lack of roads made communication across the Incan empire very difficult. | False |
T/F: Beginning in 1650, Japan isolated itself completely from all foreigners. | True |
T/F: The astrolabe could be used only at night. | False |
T/F: Caravels usually had three masts and used both square and triangular sails. | True |
T/F: The Indians were eager to trade their goods for those brought from Europe by Vasco da Gama. | False |
Essay question: Explain two reasons for exploration and travel during this time period. | . |
Essay question: How did the age of exploration affect the African continent? | . |