
The Age of Exploration - Unit 3
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Social Studies
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5th Grade
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Hard
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Before the Age of Exploration began, who were the first Europeans to visit the Americas? Options: The Aztec, the Spanish, the Vikings
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the Vikings
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
In the beginning of the Age of Exploration, these Europeans rounded Africa in order to reach Asia. However, they did found a colony in South America, Brazil, which they found by accident.
Back
the Portuguese
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3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Originally from Genoa in modern day Italy, the explorer took four voyages to the New World for Spain. He never realized he had discovered the New World, instead he believed that he had reach the Indies in East Asia.
Back
Christopher Columbus
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5.1
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Who is credited for being the first to circumnavigate the world, despite dying during a dispute in the Philippines?
Back
Ferdinand Magellan
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5.1
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Before anyone else, this Viking explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland). What was his name?
Back
Leif Ericsson
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
In which country was the school created by Prince Henry to teach navigation and mapmaking located?
Back
Portugal
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The compass let sailors tell _________ without having to rely on the sun and the stars.
Back
direction
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