Download Early Explorers Quiz

Early Explorers Quiz
March 8, 2013
Question #1
• Which Portuguese explorer was the first
to sail around Africa and reached
current India in 1498?
Question #2
• Who was Henry the Navigator and why
was he important?
Question #3
• Why did King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella pay for Columbus to sail west
across the Atlantic Ocean?
Question #4
• Which explorer was the first to sail
around the souther tip of South America
into the Pacific Ocean?
Question #5
• Name two sailing advancements in
technology helped the early explorers
travel across oceans?
• What was this new sailing vessel
called?
Question #6
• Name the three primary motivations of
early European explorers.
Question #7
• How did the Treaty of Tordesilla affect
Portugal?
• How did the Treaty affect Spain?
Question #8
• Where did the Dutch (Netherlands)
explorers travel and claim land?
Question #9
• What was The Columbian Exchange?
• Why did the Native Americans get the
raw end of the Columbian Exchange?
Question #10
• Should Columbus Day be a national
holiday? Why or Why not?
Bonus
• Who was Marco Polo and why was he
essential to bringing on the Age of
Exploration by Europeans?