The Quiz: Henry the Navigator helped begin the Golden Age of what country?
Norway
Australia
Portugal
Belgium
In the early 1400s, Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal founded an early sailing school and launched a series of sea navigations that led to the Portuguese Empire’s growth around the globe. Under his leadership and that of his successors, Portugal’s explorers visited North America, the Azores, the Cape of Good Hope, India, and Brazil, expanded Portuguese influence and, unfortunately, set up colonies.
The correct answer to this quiz is Portugal.