Early Explorers/5th Grade

What new technology helped the explorers improve navigation in the 1400ś?

• compass
• astrolabe
• improved maps
• all of the choices

What nation sponsored Columbus´s expedition in 1492?

• Spain
• France
• Italy
• England

Why did Columbus sail west from Europe?

• to find his lost dog
• to find new lands
• to find the Northwest passage
• to find a faster route to Asia

Who was the leader of the first expedition around the world?

• Henry Hudson
• Columbus
• Cortes
• Magellan

When Ponce de Leon was searching for the Fountain of Youth, he ended up exploring

• Arizona
• Florida
• Texas
• New Mexico

What is a benefit of exploring?

• gold
• spread of religion
• new land and products
• all of the above

Juan Ponce de Leon was looking for...

• Silver
• Cattle
• Christopher Columbus
• Gold

What is a land ruled by other countries?

• Mission
• Island
• Colony
• None of the above

When individuals are bought and sold and required to work without pay, this is called?

• Slavery
• Technology
• Labor
• All of the above

What was Isabella’s Ferdinand's religion?

• Roman Catholic
• Baptist
• she had no religion