Age of Exploration

Match the following vocabulary words

• "New World"

• a period from 1400 to 1600 in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of riches, natural resources, land, and trade

• colonization

• the action of taking land and claiming it and its people to rule over

• colony

• the term Europeans used for the Americas

• Age of Exploration

• an area under control by another country

Match the following

• to find riches and wealth

• God

• to spread Christianity

• Gold

• to build their empires by claiming new territories

• Glory

Christopher Columbus made landfall in the Caribbean in what date?

• October 14, 1592

• October 12, 1492

• October 12, 1592

• October 14, 1492

What are the 3Gs?

What was the reason Europeans first set out to sea?

• to go on vacation

• to find new sea routes to Africa

• to find new sea routes to Asia

• to visit the Americas

What were Europeans mainly seeking from Asia?

• slaves

• gold

• chocolate

• spices

What country paid for Christopher Columbus' voyage?

• England

• France

• Portugal

• Spain

True or False: When Christopher Columbus sailed, people thought the Earth was flat.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

People already knew the Earth was round. Christopher Columbus though the Earth was smaller than it actually is.

Where did Christopher Columbus land?

• Bahamas

• Cuba

• United States

• El Salvador

Which country would be the one to colonize what will become the United States?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Portugal