In the 1400s, Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia were the only continents known to the majority of Europeans. True or false?
True!
Which large empire controlled many areas in the Middle East and Africa, making land routes dangerous and expensive?
Ottomans
Bartolomeu Dias was the Portuguese explorer who reached Calicut (India) in 1498. True of false?
False. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut.
Which territory, the last Arab-controlled area in the Iberian peninsula, was reconquered in 1492, ending the Reconquista?
Granada
The Spanish were the first explorers to begin trading African people for use as slaves. True or false?
False, the Portoguese started.
Before the Age of Exploration, the term "Indies" was used by Europeans primarily to refer to territories in the Mediterranean basin. True or false?
False, Indies was the term for Asia.
Which was the first country to begin exploration and settle in the archipelagos of the Canaries and Azores?
Portugal
The Arabs reached the Iberian peninsula through the Strait of Gibraltar in 711 AD, establishing the Caliphate of Cordoba. True or false?
True!
Which commodity, used to preserve meat and hide the bad taste of rotten food, was extremely important in trade with Asia?
Spices
According to Greek mythology, the Pillars of which hero marked the end of the known world?
Hercules
What new type of ship, better suited for ocean navigation, was developed thanks to scientific progress?
Caravels
Which kingdom was born in 1479 following the marriage of Isabelle of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon?
The kingdom of Spain
Which Portuguese figure is regarded as the main initiator of the Age of Discovery?
Prince Henry the navitagor