Cyberhunt on the Age of Discovery

Updated 04/09
Off on the seas for an adventurous time learning about the Age of Discovery!
Interactive activities, mapwork, primary documents and more.....

1.http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/magellan.php
A. Like Columbus , Magellan believed he could get to the Spice Islands by sailing west.
Click on "See Magallen’s voyage".Look at the map of the voyage of Magellan.  Leaving Portugal in Europe, which direction did he go? Describe the route he took.

2.http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/magellan.php
B. In the reading 5 ships, 270  men left in 1519 on the voyage to sail around the world. Describe three conditions aboard the ship.
C. Although Magellan didn’t complete the voyage to “circumnavigate the world”, how many men and how many years later did the Victoria complete the journey?  
 
3.http://www.lakesideschool.org/studentweb/worldhistory/globalcontactsb/seagoingguys1.htm
A. List TWO facts about the Caravel.(paragraph right above the picture)
4.http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/portuguese_explorers.htm
A. Which European country was the FIRST to go exploring ?
B.  This same country was the first to use Prince Henry’s idea to get to the Spices by this route.
C.  What is the only land in the New World which this country claimed for their own?

5. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/prince_henry_the_navigator.htm
A. Although Prince Henry the Navigator was very important during the beginning of the Age of Discovery, what didn’t he ever do?
B. What TWO important things did Prince Henry do to help the ”Age of Discovery”?
 C. What were THREE fears sailors had about sailing down the west coast of Africa?

6.http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/why.htm?+qskip1=1
A. List THREE reasons(other than to find a route to the spices) that explorers set sail on the oceans.


7. http://www.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/imagevoy/india.jpg
Look at the voyage of  Portuguese explorer Da Gama .
From where did he leave and where did he end? Which island did he pass by on his trip?  On the return voyage, did he past to the east or west of the island?

8. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/why.htm
A, Why were "spices" so important to people in the 1400s?
B.List three reasons that people went exploring.
C. Which countries were known as the " Indies "?
D. Which fur was very valuable to Europeans?

Other websites of interest:

1. http://www.factmonster.com/spot/whmbios13.html
Women adventurers
Check out http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa011002a.htm
and learn about a woman explorer of the 1800s.  Give TWO reasons why May went by herself to Africa AND in the 5th and 6th paragraph write three things that happened to Mary along her journey.

2. http://www.seasky.org/oceanxp/sea5a2.html
Cool firsts having to do with the ocean

Activities: