AS GRANDES NAVEGAÇÕES.
Were maritime expeditions carried out by Europeans between the centuries.
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1- What are the two countries that most stood out in the period of the Great Navigations and Maritime Discoveries of the XV and XVII centuries?
Portugal and Spain
Portugal and Africa
England and France
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2- Who were the main ones financiers of the maritime undertaking of the time of the Great Navigations?
Kings and burghers
Sailors and liberal professionals
Members of the Catholic clergy and small traders
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3- Pioneer countryin the expansion maritime?
Mexico
Portugal
Spain
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4- To sail on the high seas, without reference the Portuguese navigators adopted, Earth's, mainly, a locating instrument that indicates the North. The name of this instrument is:
Compass
Quadrant
Caravel
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5- Three important inventions contributed to the Great Navigations. What are they?
The maps, the clock and the compass
The compass, planes and caravels
The compasses, the caravels and the astrolabe
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6- What was the main objective of the maritime enterprises of the XV and XVII centuries?
Reach the extreme north of the American continent to start populating the region.
Establish and control new maritime routes to Oceania in order to exploit the region's mineral resources
Discover and control a sea route to the Indies to buy spices directly at the source and sell them at high profits in Europe
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7- The first thing seen by the Portuguese when approaching Brazil was a mountain. What was the name given to this mountain?
Mount Pascoal
Mount Vera Cruz
Mount Natal
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8- Genoese navigator who sought to reach the Indies by sailing a different route from the Portuguese?
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Pedro Álvares Cabral
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9- The Great Navigations are also known as?
Path of the Indies
Navigators' Expeditions
Maritime Expansion
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10- The exploration process of the Great Navigations took place in which ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Mediterranean Ocean
