Explorer Quiz

It took merchants just a day or two to travel across land to the Far East (Asia) and back.

Silk, spices, and tea were goods that European people wanted from Asia

New scientific knowledge or inventions that helps people do new things is called ____

When the New World was discovered, why did European countries send explorers to claim new land?

European kings wanted more riches from the East, so they sent explorers to find new routes.

A/An _____ is an instrument that helped sailors plot their location and course at sea.

What factors motivated the European countries to send out explorers into the New World?

Cartography means _____ making skills.

Portugal had a School of Navigation where sailing and map making knowledge was taught.

A new tool was the ____ which points North to help sailors know their direction at sea.

Maps 600 years ago were correct.

The Age of Exploration was when explorers began using airplanes to explorer.