Age of Exploration - L1 Review

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?

Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sea?

What was considered a 'pull' factors for exploration?

Which ancient civilizations were destroyed by the Spanish?

Which explorer landed in Canada in 1497?

What was considered a 'push' factors to encourage exploration?

The sailor who first succeded sailing around the tip of Africa?

Who funded Henry Hudson's exploration of the northern regions?

One of the explorers searching for the fabled Northwest Passage?

What did Christopher Columbus promise the Spanish King and Queen?

What country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World?

What were sailors originally looking for when they "accidently" found new lands?

What fleet did Spain send to attack the English?

Who was the first explorer to see the Pacific ocean?

What was the original name of New York before it was taken from the Dutch by the British?

An example of something the Spanish brough to the New World which is thought to have killed 75% of the native population

The biggest problem facing sailors was the great distances they had to travel.

Crop exported back to England from the Americas.

What inventions helped sailors navigate the globe?

What spice cost more than gold?

What year did Columbus sail west?

The nickname of the Prince who built a sailing school and funded exploration?

Sir Francis Drake was sent by Queen Elizabeth to steal what from the Spanish?

The Spanish built ships called?

What were the 3 G's that drove most explorers?