"European leaders like Spain's King Ferdinand and the Portuguese prince known as Henry the Navigator financed explorers who wanted to travel across the seas. Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables". Which term does this passage define?

"During this important Age of Exploration, two vastly different worlds intersected: the Americas and Europe. The exchange of people, ideas, plants, animals, technologies, and diseases between these two worlds shaped their history for the next 500 years." According to the passage which term defines this scenario?

Which technological innovation was NOT invented during the Age of Exploration?

"Prince Henry did not go on any expeditions himself. He was a patron who supported and financed several voyages. Although historians consider most of his expeditions to have been of limited success, they did lead to creation of new maps of the West African coast." Which term defines this reading passage?