Explorers

Question 1

Where was (Christopher) Columbus born?

Answer 1

Genoa, Italy

Question 2

Where did Columbus learn to navigate?

Answer 2

Portugal

Question 3

What explorer’s writings inspired Columbus to want to go to Asia?

Answer 3

Marco Polo

Question 4

How long did it take Columbus to convince European leaders to support his plan to sail west to Asia, and who finally backed him?

Answer 4

10 years and King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

Question 5

How far did Columbus estimate Japan was from the Canary Islands, and how far was it really?

Answer 5

estimated: 2500 miles
actual: over 10,000 miles

Question 6

What were the names of Columbus’s 3 ships?

Answer 6

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

Question 7

How many crewmen did Columbus have with him?

Answer 7

90

Question 8

How many days did Columbus sail and where did he land?

Answer 8

70 days. he landed on San Salvador in the Bahamas

Question 9

Besides gold, what else did Columbus promise to bring back to Ferdinand and Isabella?

Answer 9

slaves “as many slaves as they ask”

Question 10

What happened to the men Columbus left on Hispaniola after his first voyage to the New World?

Answer 10

They abused the local Indians and were killed

Question 11

What happened to Columbus in 1500?

Answer 11

he was removed as governor, died as prisoner in Spain

Question 12

Where was Vasco da Gama from?

Answer 12

Portugal

Question 13

Da Gama was the first to do what?

Answer 13

commanded first fleet to reach India from Europe

Question 14

Who was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?

Answer 14

Bartholomeu Dias

Question 15

How receptive were the people of Calicut, India to trading with the Portuguese in 1498 and why?

Answer 15

Muslims resented Europeans and wouldn’t trade

Question 16

How did da Gama eventually establish trade with India?

Answer 16

sailed to India with 15 ships and killed many Indians and Muslims

Question 17

Where was Magellan from?

Answer 17

Portugal (sailed for Spain)

Question 18

Magellan’s voyage provided proof of what?

Answer 18

the earth is round

Question 19

Who supported Magellan’s proposed voyage to the Spice Islands and what was he promised as compensation?

Answer 19

Charles the first of Spain. Magellan was promised 1/5 of profits of his voyage and a salary

Question 20

at the start of Magellan’s voyage in 1519, how many men and ships did he have?

Answer 20

240 men and 5 ships

Question 21

Magellan discovered what passage to the pacific and why did be call the ocean “Pacific”?

Answer 21

strait of Magellan. he called the ocean pacific because it means peaceful

Question 22

how long did Magellan sail in the pacific without seeing land?

Answer 22

98 days

Question 23

what did Magellan and his men eat to avoid starvation?

Answer 23

rats, ox hides, and sawdust

Question 24

Magellan took pride in doing what in the Philippines and what happened to him?

Answer 24

convert people to Christianity. he was killed in a battle.

Question 25

how long did it take Magellan's crew to get back to Spain and how many remained?

Answer 25

nearly 3 years And only 18 survived.

Question 26

how did the Portuguese and Spanish feel about Magellan?

Answer 26

Portuguese saw him as a traitor and Spanish hated him because he was cruel

Question 27

What did Cortes' military triumphs lead to?

Answer 27

300 years of Spanish domination of mexico and central America

Question 28

in what year did Cortes sail for Yucatan and how many men did he have with him?

Answer 28

1519 and he had 500 men and 11 ships

Question 29

how long did it take Cortes to conquer mexico?

Answer 29

2 years

Question 30

why did many Indians help Cortes defeat the Aztecs?

Answer 30

the Azrecs were very cruel

Question 31

when Cortes conquered Tenochtitlan in 1521, what did he do with the Aztec leader Cuauhtemoc?

Answer 31

tortued him in the hopes of finding treasure and then he had him hanged

Question 32

though he was a military leader , Pizarro could not do what?

Answer 32

read

Question 33

Where was the Incan empire centered?

Answer 33

Peru

Question 34

when landed in Ecudor in 1531, how many men did Pizarro have with him?

Answer 34

180

Question 35

what did Pizarro use to attack the incan ruler Atahualpa and kill thousands of incas?

Answer 35

swords, horses, and a few guns

Question 36

What did Pizarro do after the Incas paid a huge ransom of gold and silver for the release of their ruler?

Answer 36

had the ruler killed

Question 37

Pizarro founded what south american capital?

Answer 37

Lima, Peru

Question 38

what happened to Pizarro after he conquered the Incas?

Answer 38

killed by the son of a political rival that Pizarro had executed

Question 39

Where was Cartier from?

Answer 39

France

Question 40

Cartier's explorations established the basis for France's claims to what?

Answer 40

Canada

Question 41

Cartier led the first European expedition where?

Answer 41

up the st. Lawrence river

Question 42

king Frances the first sent Cartier to n. america to search for what?

Answer 42

gold and other precious metals

Question 43

Cartier probably brought the first what to Europe?

Answer 43

corn

Question 44

why did Cartier leave Canada ?

Answer 44

fear of Indian attacks

Question 45

where was sir Frances Drake from?

Answer 45

england

Question 46

Sir Frances Drake was the first Englishman to do what?

Answer 46

sail around the water

Question 47

Drake was a "sea dog". what was a "sea dog"?

Answer 47

a pirate who stole Spanish goods

Question 48

between 1566 And 1569, drake sailed on two voyages of what type?

Answer 48

slave trading

Question 49

what was the intent of Drake's voyage that started in 1577?

Answer 49

set up colonies in the pacific area

Question 50

after sailing into the pacific and repairing the "golden hind" in the area of San Francisco, why didn't drake return home through the strait of Magellan?

Answer 50

he feared a Spanish attack

Question 51

how long did it take drake to return home?

Answer 51

almost three years

Question 52

in 1588, drake served as an English vice admiral in one of history's great naval battles and helped defeat what country's "invincible armada"?

Answer 52

spain

Question 53

how did sir Frances Drake die?

Answer 53

dysentery