Exploration Flashcards
1
Q
Why did people explore
A
Money, Trade, Imperialism, Spread Christiany
2
Q
Why did people join explorers
A
Money, Debt, Titles, Learning
3
Q
Who Financed Expeditions
A
Kings, Noblemen, Merchants, Invenstors
4
Q
Who launched the first great European Voyages
A
Prince Henry the Navigator
5
Q
Who reached cape of good hope
A
Bartolomeu Dias
6
Q
Who sailed from Europe to India
A
Vasco da Gama
7
Q
Who tried to go to India but landed in America
A
Cristopher Columbus
8
Q
Who claimed the Pacific Ocean
A
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
9
Q
Who was the First Person to cross the Pacific Ocean
A
Ferdinand Magellan
10
Q
Who had a country named after him
A
Amerigo Vespucci
