HS Age of Exploration Lesson 1

Spain

Portugal

Italy

Netherlands

Desire for valuable commodities like spices and silk

Spread of Christianity

National prestige

Improved ship design

Desire for gold and spices

Spread of Christianity

Territory expansion

All of the above

Improved maps

Better ship design

Navigation instruments

All of the above

To spread Christianity and convert indigenous populations

To gain personal wealth and riches

To escape religious persecution in Europe

To establish new trade routes for spices

Explorers sought personal honor and national pride.

Explorers were motivated solely by religious reasons.

Royal families desired to expand their territories for prestige.

Explorers earned titles and recognition for their achievements.

It limited exploration to coastal regions because it could not handle ocean voyages.

It allowed European powers to expand exploration by enabling longer and more versatile voyages.

It caused explorers to abandon river navigation in favor of open-sea travel.

It made exploration more dangerous due to its light and fragile design.

t enabled more accurate open-ocean navigation, encouraging longer voyages beyond sight of land.

It reduced the need for new ship designs, since sailors could always rely on wind currents.

It eliminated the dangers of sea travel by preventing storms from damaging ships.

It forced explorers to depend solely on coastal routes, limiting expansion across the Atlantic.

It allowed them to measure time accurately

It provided a consistent sense of direction regardless of weather or visibility

It helped them calculate distances between ports

It was used to draw maps

They ensured that all explorers reached their destinations without error.

They eliminated the need for instruments like the compass or astrolabe.

They allowed sailors to predict weather patterns with complete accuracy.

They provided explorers with a more precise way to determine location and plan sea routes.