Age of Exploration Practice Quiz II

Prince [blank_start]Henry the Navigator[blank_end] (three words) who helped [blank_start]Portugal[blank_end] (country) to become a major exploring nation by setting up a school of navigation.

[blank_start]Bartholomeu Dias[blank_end] was the first European to around the southern tip of Africa, into the Indian Ocean and named the tip the Cape of Good Hope.

[blank_start]Vasco da Gama[blank_end] sailed around the tip of Africa and into the ndian Ocean on to India. This established a trade route between Portugal and Asia (India).

[blank_start]Pedro Cabral[blank_end] claimed Brazil for [blank_start]Portugal[blank_end] which allowed that country to have a claim to the east coast of South America.

[blank_start]Christopher Columbus[blank_end] (First and Last Name) thought he had reached Asia. but instead landed off of a set of islands off the coast of [blank_start]North America[blank_end] (Continent).

Drag the name of the explorer to the dot that represents route. (Place on the dot)

Place the correct answer next to the appropriate dot.

Match the explorers with their routes.

Bartolomé de [blank_start]Las Casas[blank_end] was a Spanish friar who began the African slave trade in America when he convinced Charles V to enslave Africans instead of Native Americans.

Check all the boxes that applies to the impact of the European slave trade on Africa