Age of Exploration Quiz III

He was a member of the Portuguese royal family Prince [blank_start]Henry the Navigator[blank_end] (three words) helped his country to become a major exploring nation by setting up a school of [blank_start]navigation[blank_end].

Bartholomeu [blank_start]Dias[blank_end] (Last Name) was the first European to around the Southern tip of Africa, into the Indian Ocean and named the tip the [blank_start]Cape of Good Hope[blank_end] (4 words).

Portuguese explorer Vasco [blank_start]da Gama[blank_end] (Last Name/Two words) followed, sailing all the way around [blank_start]Africa[blank_end] and into the Indian Ocean and on to [blank_start]India[blank_end].

Pedro [blank_start]Cabral[blank_end] claimed [blank_start]Brazil[blank_end] for Portugal

King [blank_start]Ferdinand[blank_end] and Queen [blank_start]Isabella[blank_end] of [blank_start]Spain[blank_end] paid for the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

[blank_start]Columbus[blank_end] (Last Name) had three ships named the Nina, Pinta, and [blank_start]Santa Maria[blank_end] and sailed westward. Instead, of finding Asia, he discovered the new world and named the island he discovered [blank_start]San Salvador[blank_end].

[blank_start]Columbus[blank_end] (Last Name) believed he was in the Indies, which are islands off the coast of Asia, so he named the native people [blank_start]Indians[blank_end] (Proper Noun/plural).

Pope [blank_start]Alexander VI[blank_end] drew a line down the Atlantic Ocean which divided the world between [blank_start]Portugal[blank_end] and Spain

Portugal and Spain signed the [blank_start]Treaty of Tordesillas[blank_end]. This treaty resulted Spain receiving all the territory to the [blank_start]west[blank_end] and Portugal receiving all the territory to the [blank_start]east[blank_end] including [blank_start]Brazil[blank_end] in South America

Amerigo [blank_start]Vespucci[blank_end] sailed along the coast of South America and concluded it was a “new world” not Asia. [blank_start]German[blank_end] map makers named it America in his honor

[blank_start]Ferdinand Magellan[blank_end] (First and Last Name) is the first explorer credited with circumnavigating the world.

Cortes was the Spanish conquistador who, in 1519, conquered the [blank_start]Aztec[blank_end], He captured its leader [blank_start]Montezuma II[blank_end] and destroyed the city of [blank_start]Tenochtitlan[blank_end], which was located in present-day Mexico.

French explorer,Robert de la Salle sailed down the [blank_start]Mississippi River[blank_end] (2 Words) to Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the entire area for France and named it [blank_start]Louisiana[blank_end] in honor of France’s king [blank_start]Louis XIV[blank_end].

Francisco [blank_start]Pizarro[blank_end] (Last Name) defeated the [blank_start]Inca[blank_end] Empire, which is located in modern-day Peru. The leader of the empire was [blank_start]Atahualpa[blank_end].