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Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration Study Guide
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Expedition
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Treaty
Mutiny
1. A sum of money given for a specific purpose ___________________________
2. A trip taken with the goal of exploring _______________________________
3. An agreement between two or more countries _________________________
4. To rebel against the leader of one’s group ____________________________
5. A person who sets up and runs a business _____________________________
6. The scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something
__________________________
7. A change __________________________________
8. A Spanish conqueror in America ___________________________________
9. How many years after Columbus reached San Salvador did Balboa see the
Pacific? (Use the time line on p. 142-143 in your book.)
10. Did Hudson’s expedition take place before or after de Soto’s? (Use the time
line on p. 142-143 in your book.)
Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
11. What group of Europeans explored North America about A.D. 1000?
12. How was Columbus mistaken about the lands he claimed for Spain?
13. What problems did Magellan’s crew face on their trip around the world?
14. Which Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico? The Inca
Empire in Peru?
Circle the letter of the best choice.
15. Who was the first European explorer to explore land that became part of the
United States?
A. Christopher Columbus
B. Juan Ponce de Leon
C. Giovanni de Verrazano
D. Amerigo Vespucci
16. What was Coronado searching for?
A. the Northwest Passage
B. the Seven Cities of Gold
C. the Fountain of Youth
D. the Indies
17. How did the Spanish Reconquista affect Columbus’s expedition?
18. What were some of the costs and benefits of expeditions for explorers and
sponsors?
19. How did trade and technology play an important role in the growth of
exploration?
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Explorers
DIRECTIONS: Please match each explorer with the correct description.
1. _____ Marco Polo
2. _____ Prince Henry
3. _____ Christopher Columbus
4. _____ John Cabot
5. _____ Amerigo Vespucci
6. _____ Vasco Nunez de Balboa
7. _____ Ferdinand Magellan
8. _____ Juan Ponce de Leon
9. _____ Hernando Cortes
10. _____ Fransisco Vasquez de
Coronado
11. _____ Fransisco Pizarro
12. _____ Hernando de Soto
13. _____ Giovanni de Verrazano
14. _____ Jacques Cartier
15. _____ Henry Hudson
A. Americas were named after
this explorer.
B. Claimed all the land around
the mouth of the St.
Lawrence River for France.
C. Explored and claimed for
Spain what is now the state
of Florida.
D. Explored the land that
connects the Americas and
became the first European
explorer to reach the
Pacific Ocean.
E. Explored and claimed for
Spain much of what is now
the southwestern United
States.
F. This Spanish conquistador
took control of the Inca
Empire in Peru.
G. Explored and claimed for
Spain much of the southern
half of what is now the
United States.
H. His crew mutinied him and
set him adrift at sea.
I. Leader of the first
expedition to sail around
the world.
J. Set up a school of
navigation.
K. Conquered the Aztecs and
found gold.
L. Wrote The Travels of
Marco Polo.
M. Believed he could reach
Asia by sailing across the
Atlantic Ocean.
N. Believed he found the
Indies. He actually found
the coast of present-day
Newfoundland and
Labrador.
O. Italian explorer who did not
find the Northwest Passage
(A water route to Asia).