FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VOYAGES OF EXPLOR.

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VOYAGES OF EXPLOR.

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Question 1: What was one difference between Vasco de Gama and Bartolomeu Dias?

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De Gama found a sea route to India, Dias found a sea route to South Africa.Question 2: How did interactions among the peoples and societies of the world during the age of discovery affect European technology?

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They led to technological growth.Question 3: How did Vasco da Gama's success in opening a seagoing trade route to Asia help Portugal?

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It allowed Portugal to build a trading empire.Question 4: Why did Europeans travel across the Mediterranean Sea to reach the Silk Road?

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to obtain cloths, spices, and other goods

Question 5: Global exploration by sea was made possible primarily by

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new technology.Question 6: What was one of Portugal's main goals in exploring the west coast of Africa?

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to claim territory along the coast

Question 7: Cartography is

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the science of mapmaking.

Question 8: The Treaty of Tordesillas best facilitated exploration by

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settling competition over colonized territories.

Question 9: Exploration was carried out

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competitively among European nations.Question 10: Which explorer extended France's influence in the Americas through his establishment of Quebec?

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Samuel de Champlain

Question 11: In Portugal, the ability and motivation to explore was aided by

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strong leadership from Prince Henry.Question 12: What instrument did navigators use to calculate the positions of the sun and the stars?

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an astrolabe

Question 13: During the Age of Discovery, the purpose of most European explorations was to search for resources and trade routes and to

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claim territory outside of Europe.Question 14: The fact that the astrolabe was developed in the Muslim empire implies that

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the Muslim empire was technologically advanced.

Question 15: What was one characteristic of early European exploration?

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It was expensive.Question 16: Whose explorations led to a greater knowledge of North America, the Arctic, Australia, and the Hawaiian islands?

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Henry Hudson's and James Cook's

Question 17: What was Vasco da Gama's main goal?

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to find a water route to India

Question 18: Who explored North America and the Arctic?

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Henry Hudson Question 19: As navigation skills advanced, explorers reached the area now known as the Straits of Magellan. The Straits of Magellan are located

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south of Chile and Argentina.Question 20: During the Age of Discovery, interactions between Asia and Europe led to competition for land and resources and

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were accompanied by an increase in trade.