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Ch. 2.1 Age of Exploration

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Why did most European sailors stay close to land? (This is not a "right there answer." You need to make an inference- "read between the lines.") p. 49

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They would return because they were motivated by trade. What does motivated mean as it is used in this sentence?

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Why was the slave trade an important business for the Portuguese? p. 52

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How did Portugal benefit from Vasco da Gama's voyage to India? p. 53

What happened in 1487? (Timeline pgs. 44-45)

Spain founded St. Augustine

Prince Harry opened a navigation school

Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope

Christopher Columbus reached North America

Match the explorer to the description. (p. 45)

Hernan Cortes

A portugues sailer who sailed around the tip of Africa

Christopher Columbus

A Spanish conquistador who led a journey to Mexico

Ferdinand Magellan

Explorer who sailed from Spain to find a new route to Asia by crossing the Atlantic Ocean

Bartolomeu Dias

A Portuguese explorer whose fleet sailed completely around the globe

Why was Portugal a leader in the search to find a way to reach Asia by water? Choose two.

Portugal's rulers encouraged sailors to explore by providing money for expeditions.

The sailors wanted to try Asian food.

Prince Harry opened a navigation school.

The Portuguese invented the steam engine so it was easy to travel by sea.

Put the events below in the correct order. p. 53

Prince Henry participated in explorations for nearly 40 years.

Ten years after Dias's expedition Vasco de Gama led an expedition.

Prince Henry died in 1460.

In 1487, Bartolomeu Dias led an expedition.