2. What benefits did a caravel offer to explorers? (Lesson 9-1)* A It allowed them to find their direction at sea.
B It enabled them to travel faster.
C It helped them navigate by the stars at night.
D It offered protection against attacks by other ships.
3. What did the Portuguese learn from Bartolomeu Dias's accomplishment of
sailing around the southern tip of Africa? (Lesson 9-1) *
A that they could reach the Indian Ocean by a water route
R that to previously unknown continents existed