Social Studies Chapter 3: The Age of Exploration

Explorers Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Explorers 100 Question: He explored the land that connects the Americas and became the first Spanish explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean. Check Your Answer

Explorers 100 Answer: WHO IS VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA Back to the Game Board

Explorers 200 Question: He explored and claimed for Spain much of what is now the southwestern United States. Check Your Answer

Explorers 200 Answer: WHO IS FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE CORONADO Back to the Game Board

Explorers 300 Question: He explored and claimed for Holland much of what is now the state of New York and surrounding areas. Check Your Answer

Explorers 300 Answer: WHO IS HENRY HUDSON Back to the Game Board

Explorers 400 Question: He explored and claimed for Spain what is now the state of Florida. Check Your Answer

Explorers 400 Answer: WHO IS JUAN PONCE DE LEON Back to the Game Board

Explorers 500 Question: He explored and claimed for Spain much of the southern half of what is now the United States. Check Your Answer

Explorers 500 Answer: WHO IS HERNANDO DE SOTO Back to the Game Board

Lesson 1 100 Question: This group of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus. Check Your Answer

Lesson 1 100 Answer: WHO ARE THE VIKINGS Back to the Game Board

Lesson 1 200 Question: This European nation sponsored Columbus’s expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Check Your Answer

Lesson 1 200 Answer: WHAT IS SPAIN Back to the Game Board

Lesson 1 300 Question: This was the main reason that Columbus sailed west from Europe. Check Your Answer

Lesson 1 300 Answer: WHAT IS TO FIND A MORE DIRECT WATER ROUTE TO ASIA Back to the Game Board

Lesson 1 400 Question: This was the belief that Christopher Columbus had about the lands he reached in 1492. Check Your Answer

Lesson 1 400 Answer: WHAT IS HE THOUGHT THE LANDS WERE ASIA Back to the Game Board

Lesson 1 500 Question: Columbus waited until after the Reconquista to start his voyage because of this. Check Your Answer

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 Back to the Game Board

Lesson 2 100 Question: He was the leader of the first expedition to sail around the world. Check Your Answer

Lesson 2 100 Answer: WHO IS FERDINAND MAGELLAN Back to the Game Board

Lesson 2 200 Question: King Henry VII paid for John Cabot’s expedition because of this. Check Your Answer

Lesson 2 200 Answer: WHAT IS TO HELP ENGLAND COMPETE WITH OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS FOR LAND AND WEALTH Back to the Game Board

Lesson 2 300 Question: Not everyone believed that Columbus and Cabot had found Asia, so Amerigo Vespucci set sail to find this. Check Your Answer

Lesson 2 300 Answer: WHAT IS HE DID NOT SEE LANDS THAT MATCHED MARCO POLO’S DESCRIPTIONS OF ASIA Back to the Game Board

Lesson 2 400 Question: This explorer proved that Amerigo Vespucci was right about an unknown continent. Check Your Answer

Lesson 2 400 Answer: WHO IS VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA Back to the Game Board

Lesson 2 500 Question: The three problems that early European explorers faced were these. Check Your Answer

Lesson 2 500 Answer: WHAT IS NEEDING BETTER MAPS, NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND MONEY. Back to the Game Board

Lesson 3 100 Question: The army of Hernando Cortes conquered this empire in Mexico. Check Your Answer

Lesson 3 100 Answer: WHAT IS THE AZTEC Back to the Game Board

Lesson 3 200 Question: This Spanish conquistador took control of the Inca Empire in Peru. Check Your Answer

Lesson 3 200 Answer: WHO IS FRANCISCO PIZARRO Back to the Game Board

Lesson 3 300 Question: These were some of the costs of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors. Check Your Answer

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 Back to the Game Board

Lesson 3 400 Question: These were the benefits of expeditions for explorers and their sponsors. Check Your Answer

Lesson 3 400 Answer: WHAT IS FINDING GOLD, FURS, AND OTHER VALUABLE RESOURCES; CLAIMING NEW LANDS; GAINING POWER; AND SPREADING CHRISTIANITY Back to the Game Board

Lesson 3 500 Question: This was the main result of the Counter-Reformation in the Americas. Check Your Answer

Lesson 3 500 Answer: WHAT IS TO CONVERT NATIVE AMERICANS TO THE CATHOLIC BELIEF Back to the Game Board

Lesson 4 100 Question: Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson all searched for this in North America. Check Your Answer

Lesson 4 100 Answer: WHAT IS THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE Back to the Game Board

Lesson 4 200 Question: During Hudson’s last voyage, this is what happened. Check Your Answer

Lesson 4 200 Answer: WHAT IS HIS CREW MUTINIED (REBELLED) AND SET HIM ADRIFT AT SEA. Back to the Game Board

Lesson 4 300 Question: This is the reason why so many Europeans wanted to find the Northwest Passage. Check Your Answer

Lesson 4 300 Answer: WHAT IS THEY BELIEVED IT WAS A SHORCUT TO ASIA THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SET UP TRADE ROUTES Back to the Game Board

Lesson 4 400 Question: These two bodies of water are named after Henry Hudson. Check Your Answer

Lesson 4 400 Answer: WHAT ARE THE HUDSON RIVER AND THE HUDSON BAY Back to the Game Board

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. Check Your Answer

Lesson 4 500 Answer: WHAT IS CORN Back to the Game Board