4.2 - Exploration: Causes and Events

Question 1

Trading Post Empire

Answer 1

an empire based on controlling trade routes and small coastal outpost rather than large territories, pioneered by the Portuguese in Africa and Asia

Question 2

Manila

Answer 2

a key Spanish colonial city in the Philippines, became a major hub for trans-Pacific trade

Question 3

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 3

Portuguese prince who sponsored voyages of exploration along Africa’s coast, leading to advances in navigation and mapping

Question 4

Galleons

Answer 4

large, sturdy Spanish ships used for long-distance trade

Question 5

Christopher Colombus

Answer 5

Italian explorer funded by Spain who sailed westward in 1492 and landed in the Americas, opening up European colonization

Question 6

Bartholomew Diaz

Answer 6

Portuguese explorer; first European to round the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) in 1488

Question 7

Vasco da Gama

Answer 7

Portuguese explorer; first to reach India by sea, opening a direct maritime route from Europe to Asia

Question 8

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 8

Portuguese explorer leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe; proved the world’s ocean were connected

Question 9

Northwest Passage

Answer 9

a hoped-fore sea route through North America to Asia, sought by many European explorers, but not found at the time

Question 10

Jacques Cartier

Answer 10

French explorer who traveled up the St. Lawrence River and claimed parts of Canada for France

Question 11

Samuel de Champlain

Answer 11

French explorer who founded Quebec, the first permanent French settlement in North America

Question 12

John Cabot

Answer 12

Italian explorer sailing for England, explored the North American coast, helping England claim land in the New World

Question 13

Henry Hudson

Answer 13

English explorer searching for the Northwest Passage; explored present-day New York and the river now named after him

Question 14

Quebec

Answer 14

founded by the French as a fur trading post and colony in Canada; center of New France

Question 15

New France

Answer 15

the area colonized by France in North America, mainly in Canada and along the Mississippi River

Question 16

Jamestown

Answer 16

the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in Virginia in 1607

Question 17

New Amsterdam

Answer 17

dutch colonial settlement on Manhattan Island; became New York City after English conquest