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Social Studies Chapter 3

Social Studies Chapter 3. The Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration. This is a time when explorers from Europe went to the Americas To the Europeans, they had “discovered” new lands, unknown to them.

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Social Studies Chapter 3

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  1. Social Studies Chapter 3 The Age of Exploration

  2. The Age of Exploration • This is a time when explorers from Europe went to the Americas • To the Europeans, they had “discovered” new lands, unknown to them. • To the Americans already here, if Europeans were not a threat when they arrived, they soon became one by bringing war, slavery, and diseases the natives had no protection against. • This was the beginning of a time of great change in the Americas.

  3. The Age of Exploration • This was also a time of great change for Europe • Science and learning were improving, giving them the knowledge and technology to go across the Atlantic Ocean. • Their governments were becoming more organized giving them the resources (money) and focus (fewer wars) to be able to explore. • Plus they needed • a new route to China because the old land route was no longer usable.

  4. Who was the first European people known to have visited the Americas?a. Vikingsb. the Spanishc. the Italians Vikings

  5. Who was the leader of the first Europeans to visit the Americas?a. Christopher Columbusb. Leif Erikssonc. Prince Henry • Leif Eriksson

  6. What was the name of the first European settlement in the Americas?a. Vinlandb. San Salvadorc. Cathay • Vinland

  7. The European who traveled overland to China and described his visit in a book was…a. Christopher Columbusb. Martin Behaimc. Marco Polo • Marco Polo

  8. What was the local name for the island that Columbus first landed on? a. Vinlandb. Guanahanic. Constantinople • Guanahani

  9. The first school for navigation was set up by Prince Henry of Portugal Christopher Columbus found a new sea-route to China and Asia Europeans at that time thought there was one ocean, the Atlantic, between Asia and Europe True False True True or False?

  10. The Europeans needed a sea route to Asia because the Turks had taken Constantinople. Ferdinand Magellan proved you could sail west from Europe to Asia Amerigo Vespucci proved that Columbus had found China. True True False True or False?

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