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Chapter 1 Section 3 Early European Explorers
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A. Sequencing Events As you read about the age of exploration, take notes to
answer questions about events listed in the time line.
1480
1. Why didn’t the Portuguese king agree to do so?
1483
Columbus asks the king of
Portugal to pay for his voyage.
His advisers said Columbus had
miscalculated distance to Asia
2. Why did the Spanish rulers like Columbus’s plan?
1486
Columbus goes to Spain to
ask for financial help.
3. Who convinced Dias to turn back?
1488
Bartolomeu Diaz rounds the
southern tip of Africa and
turns back.
Chapter 1 Section 3 Early European Explorers
P. 3/ P. 39
A. Sequencing Events As you read about the age of exploration, take notes to
answer questions about events listed in the time line.
1480
1. Why didn’t the Portuguese king agree to do so?
1483
Columbus asks the king of
Portugal to pay for his voyage.
His advisers said Columbus had
miscalculated distance to Asia
2. Why did the Spanish rulers like Columbus’s plan?
1486
•They wanted a share of Asian trade
Columbus goes to Spain to
ask for financial help.
•Isabella wanted to spread Christianity
3. Who convinced Dias to turn back?
1488
Bartolomeu Diaz rounds the
southern tip of Africa and
turns back.
His crew
4. What people did Columbus encounter on the first island,
1492
Columbus sails west and
lands on a Caribbean island.
and what did he name them?
Tanio/ Indians
5. What did Columbus do after he returned to Spain?
1493
Columbus returns to Spain.
•Wrote to Spanish rulers
•Went to court to report about voyage
.
6. How did Portugal benefit from his voyage?
1498
Vasco da Gama sails around
Africa and then east to India.
Columbus dies.
Took control of valuable spice trade
7. What did Columbus die believing?
He had reached Asia
B. Analyzing Causes Explain the mistakes that Columbus made in his plans for his
journey to Asia.
Underestimated the size of the Earth and the distance to Asia