3. Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader? Social Studies Chapter 3 The Age of Exploration

4. Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader? 1,000,000 5th Grade History 5th Grade History5th Grade Explorers 4th Grade Conquerors 4th Grade Conquerors 4th Grade Explorers 3rd Grade Vocabulary 3rd Grade Vocabulary3rd Grade Explorers 2nd Grade History 2nd Grade History 2nd Grade Conquerors 1st Grade Vocabulary 1st Grade Vocabulary1st Grade states 500,000 300,000 175,000 100,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000

5. 5th Grade History Question / The story of Marco Polo’s travels to Cathay, or China, was spread by which invention?

6. 5th Grade History Answer / The Printing Press

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8. 5th Grade Explorers Question / Francisco Pizarro and his soldiers traveled through South America where they met people from which Empire?

9. 5th Grade Explorers Answer / The Inca Empire

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11. 4th Grade Conquerors Question / What did the Spanish have that helped Cortés conquer the Aztec Empire?

12. 4th Grade Conquerors Answer / horses and guns

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14. 4th Grade Explorers Question / Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to find…

15. 4th Grade Explorers Answer / The Pacific Ocean

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17. 3rd Grade Vocabulary Question / What is Prince Henry of Portugal known for?

18. 3rd Grade Vocabulary Answer / starting a navigation school

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20. 3rd Grade Explorers Question / Which explorer is known as being the first European to travel around the world?

21. 3rd Grade Explorers Answer / Ferdinand Magellan

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23. 2nd Grade History Question / What was Columbus in search of when he found the New Land?

24. 2nd Grade History Answer / A more direct route to Asia.

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26. 2nd Grade Conquerors Question / Hernando de Soto and his men were the first Europeans to see which water source?

27. 2nd Grade Conquerors Answer / The Mississippi River

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29. 1st Grade Vocabulary Question / What were Spanish explorers and soldiers known as?

30. 1st Grade Vocabulary Answer / Conquistadors

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32. 1st Grade States Question / Juan Ponce de León claimed which current state for Spain?

33. 1st Grade States Answer / Florida

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35. Million Dollar Question Northwest Passage Expediiton

36. 1,000,000 Question / 11. This explorer made four voyages to the “New Land”. He claimed much of what is now the New York state area for Holland and England. His life ended when his ship became frozen in the ice and his crew mutinied and set him and eight others adrift in a small boat. Who was this explorer?

37. 1,000,000 Answer / Henry Hudson

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