Latin America

“The Age of Discovery”

Directions: Watch the film, “The Age of Discovery” and answer the following questions as thoroughly as possible. Answer in complete sentences. Your responses will be handed in and graded. The worksheet is worth 20 points.

1) Who were the great exploring civilizations of the Ancient World?

2) How did Marco Polo influence later explorers?

3) Where was Portugal exploring in the 1400s?

4) When did European enslavement of Africans begin?

5) What were the products Europeans wanted from Asia?

6) At the time of Columbus, did Europeans believe the earth was flat?

7) What areas did Columbus explore? Did he find what he was looking for?

8) What were the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

9) Where does the word “America” come from?

10) Who claimed Brazil for Portugal?

11) What difficulties did Magellan’s expedition face? What was the significance of circumnavigating the world?

Identifications

Directions: Explain each of the following terms. Include the date and historical significance of the term. You can look terms up online to add additional information.

Ptolemy

Eric the Red

Marco Polo

Prince Henry the Navigator

Batolomeu Dias

Cape of Good Hope

Christopher Columbus

Treaty of Tordesillas

John Cabot

Amerigo Vespucci

Vasco de Gama

Pedro Cabral

Ferdinand Magellan