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Portugal rose to prominence in world travel in the early 1400s, and one individual in particular was in charge of inventions that would increase the success of exploration. What's his name?
Prince Henry the Navigator
In which year did Bartolomeu Dias lead a Portuguese voyage down the African coast?
1488
Which year did Da Gama depart from Lisbon, Portugal, and arrive in southwest India the following year?
1497
In which year did Amerigo Vespucci, an explorer who was certain that the area Christopher Columbus had reached was not Asia, lead a Spanish fleet on an expedition?
1501
What was the name of the instrument that allowed navigators to determine the location of their ship by mapping out the positions of the stars?
Astrolabe
What is the name of Erik the Red's son who inherited his father's passion for exploration?
Leif Eriksson
In addition to the island of Newfoundland, the Vikings sailed south to what is today known as?
New England
What was the name of the people Columbus met when he visited another island he named Hispaniola following his initial discovery?
Taino
Who made the decision to draw a new border between Spain and Portugal in 1493?
Pope Alexander VI
When did Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set sail?
1519
What did Columbus call the island he found, which translates to "Holy Savior"?
San Salvador
Who emerged victorious in Europe's competition for a sea route to Asia?
Portugal
When did Columbus go on his voyage to discover a new world with his crew of roughly ninety sailors?
August 3, 1492
The Portuguese improved shipbuilding by creating lighter, smaller, and more maneuverable vessels than the bulky galleons they had previously employed. Unlike conventional square sails, these innovative ships were able to sail against the wind because to their triangular sails. What is the name of that type of ship?
Caravels
What was the primary motivation behind Europeans' exploration of the world in the 1400s?
Asian spices
What was the name of the seaside region where Eriksson settled, but the Vikings left after just a few years?
Vinland
Which Europeans were the first to arrive in North America?
Vikings
After only a few years, the Vikings left the coastal region which Eriksson had established because they were regularly attacked by people who were a continual threat; who was that threat?
Native Americans
Animals and plants were brought to the Americas by European immigrants and explorers. Additionally, they returned to Europe, Asia, and Africa with a wide diversity of new flora and animals. What was the name given to this?
Columbian Exchange
Among the significant outcomes of Portugal's explorations would be the beginning of what?
Atlantic slave trade
What is the name of the Indian port where Vasco da Gama and his troops were greeted by Muslim traders?
Calicut
What is the name given to the place where Bartolomeu Dias ships were blown off course by a storm around the African tip?
the Cape of Good Hope
What is the name of the Portuguese navigator who sailed along the east coast of South America with a Spanish fleet?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the name of the Italian sailor from Genoa who believed he could sail west over the Atlantic Ocean to Asia?
Christopher Columbus
Who captained a Spanish fleet that sailed to the modern-day South American coast?
Amerigo Vespucci
The ships that Columbus and his men sailed aboard were named what?
The Niña and the Pinta, and the Santa María
What was the name of the new ship design that the Vikings, who were expert sailors, created that curled up at both ends?
Longship
Who spoke Portuguese to Vasco da Gama's crew, surprising them?
Muslims
Christopher Columbus requested funding for an Atlantic voyage from whom?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
To travel around the world, how many miles did Ferdinand Magellan and his company sail?
40,000
What is the name of the treaty that the leaders of Portugal and Spain signed to move the Line west in order to prevent war?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Where was the storm that swept the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias' ships around in 1488 as he conducted an expedition southward down the African coast?
Southern tip of Africa
Who was sent on an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope by King Manuel of Portugal?
Vasco da Gama
Who had heard from the local Native Americans that there was another ocean farther west and was resolved to find it?
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
What was the name of the imaginary Atlantic Ocean divide that granted Spain all territory west of it?
Line of Demarcation
When you travel throughout the entire world, what term is used?
Circumnavigate
After the treaty was signed, how many miles did the Line of Demarcation move westward?
800
When did Christopher Columbus's mission to the New World find land?
October 12, 1492
When was the Pacific Ocean discovered?
1513
Who was in charge of an expedition that traveled south down the African coast from Portugal? His ships were blown around the southern edge of Africa by a storm. The Cape of Good Hope is the name given to this location.
Bartolomeu Dias