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Age of Exploration (Part 2) Explorers of Portugal

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  1. 1What is the name of the country marked on this map?Image for question 1
    1. APortugal
    2. BSpain
    3. CItaly
  2. 2What was Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460) nicknamed?
    1. AThe Navigator
    2. BThe Destroyer
    3. CThe Conqueror
  3. 3Prince Henry set up a navigational school at a port city called Sagres
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  4. 4Prince [blank_start]Henry[blank_end] never actually went on any voyages of exploration but funded many [blank_start]expeditions[blank_end]. Henry funded the first trip to successfully pass the [blank_start]Cape of Bojador[blank_end] on the east coast of [blank_start]Africa[blank_end] in [blank_start]1434[blank_end]. By [blank_start]1441[blank_end] the first gold and slaves were being shipped back to [blank_start]Portugal[blank_end].
    1. AHenry
    2. BHarvey
    3. Cexpeditions
    4. Dexpositions
    5. ECape of Bojador
    6. FCape of Dublin
    7. GAfrica
    8. HAustralia
    9. I1434
    10. J1789
    11. K1441
    12. L1789
    13. MPortugal
    14. NPortumna
  5. 5Bartolomeu Dias was the first European sailor to reach the bottom of Africa
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  6. 6In [blank_start]1487[blank_end] King John II of Portugal sent [blank_start]Bartolomeu Dias[blank_end] to reach the bottom of [blank_start]Africa[blank_end]. When Dias reached the bottom he named it the [blank_start]Cape of Storms[blank_end]. Upon returning with news to [blank_start]King John II[blank_end] they renamed it the [blank_start]Cape of Good Hope[blank_end] as John now believed that he had a route to [blank_start]India[blank_end] that would make Portugal very rich.
    1. A1487
    2. B875
    3. CAfrica
    4. DAustralia
    5. EBartolomeu Dias
    6. FBartolomeu Simpson
    7. GCape of Storms
    8. HCape of Superman
    9. IKing John II
    10. JKing Ferdinand
    11. KCape of Good Hope
    12. LCape of Bad Hope
    13. MIndia
    14. NRussia
  7. 7In July 1497 Vaso Da Gama was commissioned to sail around the Cape of Good Hope and complete the trip to India. He brought 3 ships with him. What were they called?
    1. ASan Gabriel
    2. BSan Raphael
    3. CBerrio
    4. DThe Columbus
    5. EThe Magellan
  8. 8On 20th May 1498 history was made when Da Gama landed at which Indian city?
    1. ACalicut
    2. BAgra
    3. CMoluccas

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Junior Certificate History (Age of Exploration) Quiz on Age of Exploration (Part 2) Explorers of Portugal, created by Ger McCabe Kelly on 14/02/2017.
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