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?
England and France
Portugal and Africa
Portugal and Spain
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2- Who were the main ones financiers of the maritime undertaking of the time of the Great Navigations?
Members of the Catholic clergy and small traders
Kings and burghers
Sailors and liberal professionals
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3- Pioneer countryin the expansion maritime?
Portugal
Spain
Mexico
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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
Caravel
Quadrant
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5- Three important inventions contributed to the Great Navigations. What are they?
The compass, planes and caravels
The compasses, the caravels and the astrolabe
The maps, the clock and the compass
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6- What was the main objective of the maritime enterprises of the XV and XVII centuries?
Establish and control new maritime routes to Oceania in order to exploit the region's mineral resources
Reach the extreme north of the American continent to start populating the region.
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?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
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?
Mediterranean Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
