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Social Studies – Chapter 3 Test
Mr. Dugan
Chapter 3 - The Age of Exploration
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Lesson 1: Exploration and Technology
Lesson 2: A Changing World
Lesson 3: Spanish Explorations
Lesson 4: Other Nations Explore
People – Know the below explorers’ aims
and accomplishments
Johannes Guttenberg – Printing Press
Marco Polo
Martin Luther - Reformation
Vikings & Leif Ericson
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernando Cortez
Francisco Pizarro
Verrazano, Cartier, & Hudson
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Henry Hudson
Juan Ponce de Leon
Hernando do Soto
Understand how to use an Elevation Map
Places – Be able to identify
*England
*France
*Spain
*Portugal
*Italy
Places –
San Salvador
Newfoundland
Cathay
Florida
Mexico City
New Spain
St. Lawrence River
Hudson Bay
Technology
The Printing Press
Astrolabe
Compass
Chronometer
Maps
Lateen sail
The Caravel
Short Answer Questions
o What were three problems that early European explorers
faced?
o What was Christopher Columbus’s belief about the lands
he reached in 1492? What are two facts that later proved
his belief was incorrect?
o Why did Columbus have to wait until after the
Reconquista to start his voyage?
o What were some of the costs and benefits of expeditions
for explorers and their sponsors?
o Why did so many Europeans want to find the Northwest
Passage?
Vocabulary
Technology
Navigation
Expedition
Empire
Entrepreneur
Cost
Benefit
Reconquista
Isthmus
Treaty
Grant
Conquistador
Reform
Reformation
CounterReformation
Missionary
Northwest Passage
Mutiny