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Unit 3 – The Age of Exploration
The Search for Spices (84-89)
Instructions: Fill in the appropriate information from your textbook.
Written Response #1: Answer the following question in no more than a
paragraph. Include the term: MOLUCCAS
1. What things motivated Europeans to explore?
Written Response #2: Answer the following question in no more than a
paragraph. Include the terms: PRINCE HENRY, CARTOGRAPHERS
2. Why did Portugal lead the way in exploration?
3. Why was the southern tip of Africa called the Cape of Good Hope?
4. DEFINE and provide the SIGNIFICANCE of astrolabes (see History Background)
5. DEFINE and provide the SIGNIFICANCE of Vasco da Gama
Written Response #3: Answer the following question in no more than a
paragraph. Include the term: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
6. What was Columbus’ plan and why did Spain choose to sponsor him?
7. How did Columbus’ voyages shape European knowledge of the world?
8. Describe the Line of Demarcation/Treaty of Tordesillas and why it might upset
other European nations.
9. How did the Treaty of Tordesillas also motivate further exploration for other
countries?
Written Response #4: Answer the following question in no more than a
paragraph. Include the terms: Amerigo Vespucci; Martin Waldeseemuller
10. How did the Western Hemisphere receive the label “America”?
11. What did Vasco Nunez de Balboa discover?
12. DEFINE and provide the SIGNIFICANCE of circumnavigate
Written Response #5: Answer the following question in no more than a
paragraph. Include the term: FERDINAND MAGELLAN
13. What was Magellan’s original mission and what mistakes did he make during
his journey?