Age of European Exploration

Open Ended

Would you be brave enough to sail into uncharted territories like the explorers of the 15th and 16th centuries? Why or why not?

Open Ended

How might cultural misunderstandings between European explorers and native inhabitants have led to conflict during the Age of Exploration?

Fill in the Blank

The continents of North and South America were named after ___.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following explorers was the first to see the Pacific Ocean?

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Núñez Balboa

• Ferdinand Magellan

Open Ended

Do you have any questions or would you like to learn more about the Age of Exploration?

Multiple Select

Select all the reasons European countries sought exploration during the Age of Exploration.

• New trade routes

• Religious conversion

• Territorial expansion

• Building pyramids