Grade 5 Chapter 2: Age of Exploration

8. Ferdinand and Isabella agreed to support Columbus because:

• they wanted to find a new trade route to Asia.

• they wanted to spread Christianity.

• they wanted to expand their empire.

• all of the above.

After five weeks at sea, his land was sighted.

• What was sighted after five weeks at sea?

• A ship was sighted after five weeks at sea.

• A storm was sighted after five weeks at sea.

• A whale was sighted after five weeks at sea.

What were the people called where Columbus first landed?

• Indians

• Tainos

• La Isabela

• Aztecs

What was the first European town in North America?

• La Isabela in the Dominican Republic

• St. Augustine in Florida

• Quebec City in Canada

• Jamestown in Virginia

Cortes conquered which Mexican empire?

• Tainos

• Tenochtitlan

• Aztec

• Philippines

How long did it take Ferdinand Magellan to circumnavigate the globe?

• 8 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 18 months

• 1 year

Write the correct vocabulary word next to its definition. WORD BANK: astrolabe, caravel, merchant, navigation, slave trade, technology, trading post. 1. _________ people who buy and sell goods.

• merchant

• astrolabe

• caravel

• navigation

the process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land

• navigation

• fishing

• sailing

• anchoring

Write the correct vocabulary word next to its definition. WORD BANK: astrolabe, caravel, merchant, navigation, slave trade, technology, trading post. 3. _________ a tool which measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon.

• astrolabe

• caravel

• merchant

• navigation

the use of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that improve lives

• technology

• science

• innovation

• engineering