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Unit: Age of Exploration
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DIRECTIONS: Using your resources: notes packet, Social Studies textbook, classmates, and your
teacher, answer the following questions.
, or research new ideas or subjects
1. Using your own words, describe what is means to be an explorer:
Explorers are people who travel to new places or unfamiliar areas. People have been
exploring un
2. known and unfamiliar areas throughout history, even to this day.
3. Who were the first group of people to explore North America?
winter. Leif Eriksson was their most the first man to set foot on the moon.
4. Why had other European countries never heard of the Vikings Sagas?
The Age of Exploration was a time of great discovery. The findings made during this period
changed the cultures of the exploring countries as well as the native people they
encountered. The Age of Exploration began as a quest for riches, knowledge and power. It
lasted around 200 to 300 years until the unknown lands of the world were adequately explored
and accurate maps were made.
5. Why was trade so important to the early Europeans?
6. Describe what the Silk Road was:
7. Where did Marco Polo travel to?
8. Why was finding new trade routes so important?
Marco Polo’s journeys made Europeans interested in Asia, but they wanted
a seat route
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because the journey by land was difficult. They began searching around the time of the
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Unit: Age of Exploration
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8. What was the Renaissance?
9. How did world maps change as explorers discovered “new” lands?
10. What motivated European explorers to explore (three G’s)?
11. How did new technologies make exploration easier/better?
12. What kind of school did Prince Henry start?
13. Bartolomeu Dias discovered it was possible to do what?
14. Why was Vasco De Gama’s new trade route to Asia so important?
15. What did Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain pay for?
16. What was Columbus’ goal:
Prince Henry’s School of Navigation was a research and development facility for maritime travel
and exploration. It included libraries, astronomical observatory, and ship-building centers in
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Unit: Age of Exploration
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17. Where did Columbus actually reach?
18. Dry a picture and describe the Columbian exchange:
19. Ferdinand Magellan’s crew was the first to do what?
20. What was the main reason many Native people of the Americas died when the European
explorers came?
21. What was the reason many Europeans died because of goods brought over from the
Americas?
22. Describe how Hernan Cortes able to defeat the Aztec empire? (minimum of three reasons)
23. What happened after the Aztecs were conquered?
24. How were the Native Americans treated by the Spanish conquistadors?
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25. What Spanish explorer was the first to reach the Mississippi River?
26. About how many enslaved Africans were in New Spain by 1650?
27. The oldest city in the United States is ______________________________________________
28. The oldest capital city in the United States is _______________________________________
29. What were two ways the Spanish tried to spread their religion?
30. Make a prediction: What do you think will happen as other countries start to explore the “New
World” and begin to make settlement?
The Age of Exploration impacted Native Americans positively because it introduced them to
many new food groups, animals, weapons, tools, and ideas. It impacted them negatively
because millions died from the diseases brought over by the Europeans. It also led to the loss of
their land in the New World.
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Know the key vocabulary terms:
Merchant_________________________________________________________________________________
Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________
Caravan _________________________________________________________________________________
Technology ______________________________________________________________________________
Navigation _______________________________________________________________________________
Profit _____________________________________________________________________________________
Settlement _______________________________________________________________________________
Epidemic ________________________________________________________________________________
Circumnavigate __________________________________________________________________________
Expedition _______________________________________________________________________________
Conquistador ____________________________________________________________________________
Empire ___________________________________________________________________________________
Colony __________________________________________________________________________________
Mission __________________________________________________________________________________
Convert __________________________________________________________________________________
Hacienda ________________________________________________________________________________
Revolt ___________________________________________________________________________________
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