1. What were most of the explorers looking for on their expeditions?

2. Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

3. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided up the New World between what two countries?

4. Who was Henry the Navigator?

5. Which explorer discovered a trade route around the southern tip of Africa to India?

6. What country sponsored the expedition of Christopher Columbus where he discovered the Americas?

7. Which country founded the thirteen American colonies that later became the United States?

8. Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico?

9. True or False: The Age of Exploration took place at about the same time as the European Renaissance?

10. What area of the world was still not mapped at the end of the Age of Exploration?