1. Social Studies Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration

2. Explorers
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3. Explorers 100
Question: He explored the land that connects the Americas and became the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.
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4. Explorers 100 Answer: WHO IS VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA
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5. Explorers 200
Question: He explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the southwestern United States.
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6. Explorers 200 Answer: WHO IS FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE CORONADO
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7. Explorers 300
Question: He explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and surrounding areas.
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8. Explorers 300
Answer: WHO IS HENRY HUDSON
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9. Explorers 400
Question: He explored and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida.
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10. Explorers 400
Answer: WHO IS JUAN PONCE DE LEON
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11. Explorers 500
Question: He explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States.
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12. Explorers 500
Answer: WHO IS HERNANDO DE SOTO
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13. Lesson 1 100
Question: This group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus.
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14. Lesson 1 100
Answer: WHO ARE THE VIKINGS
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15. Lesson 1 200
Question: This European nation sponsored Columbus’s expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.
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16. Lesson 1 200
Answer: WHAT IS SPAIN
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17. Lesson 1 300
Question: This was the main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe.
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18. Lesson 1 300 Answer: WHAT IS TO FIND A MORE DIRECT WATER ROUTE TO ASIA
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19. Lesson 1 400
Question: This was the belief that Christopher Columbus had about the lands he reached in 1492.
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20. Lesson 1 400 Answer: WHAT IS HE THOUGHT THE LANDS WERE ASIA
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21. Lesson 1 500
Question: Columbus waited until after the Reconquista to start his voyage because of this.
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22. Lesson 1 500
Answer: WHAT IS HE NEEDED MONEY FROM KING FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA TO PAY FOR HIS VOYAGE AND THEY WERE BUSY FIGHTING A WAR
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23. Lesson 2 100
Question: He was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world.
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24. Lesson 2 100
Answer: WHO IS FERDINAND MAGELLAN
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25. Lesson 2 200
Question: King Henry VII paid for John Cabot’s expedition because of this.
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26. Lesson 2 200
Answer: WHAT IS TO HELP ENGLAND COMPETE WITH OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS FOR LAND AND WEALTH
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27. Lesson 2 300
Question: Not everyone believed that Columbus and Cabot had found Asia, so Amerigo Vespucci set sail to find this.
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28. Lesson 2 300
Answer: WHAT IS HE DID NOT SEE LANDS THAT MATCHED MARCO POLO’S DESCRIPTIONS OF ASIA
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29. Lesson 2 400
Question: This explorer proved that Amerigo Vespucci was right about an unknown continent.
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30. Lesson 2 400 Answer: WHO IS VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA
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31. Lesson 2 500
Question: The three problems that early European explorers faced were these.
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32. Lesson 2 500
Answer: WHAT IS NEEDING BETTER MAPS, NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND MONEY.
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33. Lesson 3 100
Question: The army of Hernando Cortes conquered this empire in Mexico.
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34. Lesson 3 100
Answer: WHAT IS THE AZTEC
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35. Lesson 3 200
Question: This Spanish conquistador took control of the Inca Empire in Peru.
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36. Lesson 3 200
Answer: WHO IS FRANCISCO PIZARRO
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37. Lesson 3 300
Question: These were some of the costs of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors.
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38. Lesson 3 300
Answer: WHAT IS MONEY TO PAY FOR SHIPS, CREW, AND SUPPLIES, SHIPS COULD SINK, AND AN EXPLORER MIGHT NOT FIND ANYTHING OF VALUE
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39. Lesson 3 400
Question: These were the benefits of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors.
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40. Lesson 3 400
Answer: WHAT IS FINDING GOLD, FURS, AND OTHER VALUABLE RESOURCES; CLAIMING NEW LANDS; GAINING POWER; AND SPREADING CHRISTIANITY
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41. Lesson 3 500
Question: This was the main result of the Counter-Reformation in the Americas.
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42. Lesson 3 500
Answer: WHAT IS TO CONVERT NATIVE AMERICANS TO THE CATHOLIC BELIEF
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43. Lesson 4 100
Question: Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson all searched for this in North America.
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44. Lesson 4 100 Answer: WHAT IS THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
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45. Lesson 4 200
Question: During Hudson’s last voyage, this is what happened.
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46. Lesson 4 200
Answer: WHAT IS HIS CREW MUTINIED (REBELLED) AND SET HIM ADRIFT AT SEA.
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47. Lesson 4 300
Question: This is the reason why so many Europeans wanted to find the Northwest Passage.
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48. Lesson 4 300
Answer: WHAT IS THEY BELIEVED IT WAS A SHORCUT TO ASIA THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SET UP TRADE ROUTES
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49. Lesson 4 400
Question: These two bodies of water are named after Henry Hudson.
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50. Lesson 4 400 Answer: WHAT ARE THE HUDSON RIVER AND THE HUDSON BAY
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51. Lesson 4 500
Question: Jacques Cartier was sent to look for the Northwest Passage and to search for gold. Instead of returning with gold, he returned with this, which Europeans had never seen before.
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52. Lesson 4 500
Answer: WHAT IS CORN
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