Exploration Study Guide

A territory that is controlled by a stronger country.

• Exploration

• Compass

• Columbian Exchange

• Conquistador

• Colony

The act of traveling in search of new lands, ideas, and/or things.

• Exploration

• Compass

• Columbian Exchange

• Conquistador

• Colony

A transatlantic trade system of goods to and from the Americas, Europe and Africa.

• Exploration

• Compass

• Columbian Exchange

• Conquistador

• Colony

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A Spanish explorer and conqueror.

• Exploration

• Compass

• Columbian Exchange

• Conquistador

• Colony

An instrument with a magnetic pointer that points north.

• Exploration

• Compass

• Columbian Exchange

• Conquistador

• Colony

European Exploration started after China closed the ________.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Ferdinand and Isabella of ________ funded the voyage of Christopher Columbus.

Christopher Columbus sailed to find a faster trade route to Asia by sailing ________.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Instead, Columbus landed in the ________.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

Explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci named this land ________.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5