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Explorers
Question | Answer |
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Who wrote a book that encouraged European exploration? | Marco Polo |
Who convinced his father, King John, to pay for Portuguese expeditions? | Prince Henry |
Who explored almost the entire coast of Africa? | Vasco de Gama |
Who discovered the Bahamas? | Christopher Columbus |
Who was a Spanish missionary who tried to end the enslavement of Indians? | Bartolome de Las Casas |
Who let the first expedition that traveled completely around the world and discovered California? | Ferdinand Magellan |
Who was a pirate who traveled around the world and discovered California? | Sir Francis Drake |
Who was a French explorer of North America who claimed Canada and Montreal for France? | Jacques Cartier |
Who sailed up a river to what is now New York. The river is named after him. | Henry Hudson |
What did sailors use to help them find their way? | Compass, hourglass, sextant |
What was the name of the treaty that divided the western hemisphere between Spain and Portugal? | Treaty of Tordesillas |
What was the Straight of Magellan? | A narrow waterway near the southern tip of South America |
What is significant about Jamestown? | It was the first English settlement in North America. |
Describe the Middle Passage. | It was the terrible trip from Africa that slaves were forced to make. |
How was the Age of Exploration good? | Some explorers discovered land. They found the Spice Islands. They made new discoveries like tobacco, spices, sugar, rice, cotton and other crops. New colonies developed. |
How was the Age of Exploration bad? | There were often shipwrecks. Some were forced into slavery. Diseases spread rapidly. Many died. |