Transcript Reviewing Our Traders and Explorers

Portugal
Explorers
‘s
Prince Henry the Navigator
1421
What did Prince Henry start?
A. pizza parlor
B. store for trading
C. School of Navigation
D. Traveling in a ship with a
motor
C
Prince Henry started the
School of Navigation
Prince Henry the Navigator wanted to send
explorers farther down the coast of Africa, to
find a short cut to Asia.
By the time of his death, the explorers had
only made it ___,
 A. to the Americas
 B. around the bulge of Western Africa
 C. Italy
 D. Canada
B
The explorers had only made it
around the bulge of Western
Africa
The Race Around Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
1488
Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern
tip of Africa. The Portuguese named
the tip of Africa the ________ .
A. Bottom of the Earth
B. Cape Cod
C. Cape Fear
D. Cape of Good Hope
D
The Portuguese named the tip of
Africa the
Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
1490’s
Vasco de Gama led expeditions all
the way to Asia. He was the first to
reach what country in Asia?
. Saudi Arabia
B. Russia
C. India
D. Mongolia
A
C
Vasco de Gama was the first to
reach
India in Asia

Spain
Explorers
’s
Christopher Columbus
1492
Christopher Columbus sailed across
the __________ Ocean to the
Caribbean in _______ America.
 A. Atlantic Ocean
 B. Pacific Ocean
 C. Indian Ocean
 D. Atlantic Ocean
South America
North America
South America
North America
D
Christopher Columbus sailed
across the Atlantic Ocean to the
Caribbean in North America
Ferdinand Magellan
1519
Ferdinand Magellan was the first
to ______________ .
A.
B.
C.
D.
fall off the Earth
sail to Africa
circumnavigate the World
sail in three ships across the
Atlantic Ocean
C
Ferdinand Magellan was the
first to circumnavigate the
world
Circumnavigationsail completely around
the world
England
’s
Explorers
John Cabot
1497
John Cabot led expeditions to
Newfoundland,
__________________.
A. Canada
B. Portugal
C. Ukraine
D. Russia
A
John Cabot led expeditions to
Newfoundland, Canada
Why did explorers take great
risk to explore new lands?
A. They had nothing
better to do.
B. To impress their
girlfriend
C. God, Glory, and Gold
What were the outcomes
of exploration?
Colonization, Imperialism
Religious conversions
Spread of diseases
Slavery
When European countries founded many
new colonies and began to control the
government and economy of these
countries. This is called
__________________ .
Slavery
 B. Fascism
 C. Imperialism
 D. Militarism
 A.
C
Imperialism –
Practice of one country
controlling the government
and economy of another
country
Henry Hudson

1607 – 1610
Henry Hudson navigated the
_____________ River and found the
Hudson Bay which was named after him.
 A. Mississippi
 B. Danube
 C. Volga
 D. Hudson