Social Studies Weekly 5th Grade - Week 5

Henry the Navigator is another name for ____________.

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry

• Henry Ford

• King Henry

Henry the navigator lived from _________ to ________.

• 1394 - 1479

• 1394 - 1494

• 1394 - 1460

• 1394 - 1470

A document, photo, artifact, artwork or piece of literature that was created during or right after a historical event is called _________.

• secondary source

• main source

• primary source

• sources

Where is the Straight of Magellan?

• The southern tip of Europe

• The southern tip of Asia

• The southern tip of Africa

• The Southern tip of South America

Cortes conquered the _______ people.

• Inca

• Pueblo

• Anasazi

• Aztec

To go all the way around the Earth is to _______.

• circumnavigate

• equate

• latitudinal

• circulate

Antonio Pigafetta's journal is an example of a _______.

• primary source

• piece of eight

• cartographer

• secondary source

Henry the Navigator ________.

• was a Portuguese prince.

• helped start European exploration and trade

• collected books and charts of the ocean.

• all of the above.

The Strait of Magellan is a _____.

• passage through Africa.

• ruler for explorer.

• waterway near the tip of South America.

• channel on TV

Early Portuguese explorers were trying to find _____.

• a new theme park.

• a trade route to India.

• a new school in Portugal.

• a way to the South Pole.