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Explorers- 3rd Grade

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Italian sailor who sailed for England; He was the first to explore the eastern coast and found Canada

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

Jacque Cartier

c)

John Cabot

d)

Hernando de Soto

2.

Spanish sailor who sailed for Spain. He explored South America and Southeast US. He was very main and brutal and killed many American Indians. He was looking for gold but died without finding any.

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

John Cabot

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Henry Hudson

3.

English sailor that sailed for England. He was looking for a northwest passage to get to China faster. The Hudson river is named after him

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

John Cabot

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

4.

Spanish explorer who sailed for Spain. This explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Jacque Cartier

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

5.

Italian explorer who sailed for Spain. He went on 4 voyages to the New World and was the first explorer to start the Age of Exploration.

a)

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

John Cabot

6.

French explorer who sailed for France looking for the Northwest passage to China. He was not successful in finding the passage or in finding gold.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Jacque Cartier

c)

John Cabot

d)

Henry Hudson

7.

Check the 3 purposes for exploration

a)

Gold (making settlements)

b)

Glory (finding land)

c)

God (Spreading Christianity)

d)

finding freedom

8.

What is an area of land that is ruled by another country or group of people?

a)

kingdom

b)

colony

c)

home

d)

country

9.

What is a conflict?

a)

conversation

b)

fight, struggle, disagreement

c)

hug

d)

teaching each other something

10.

What is cooperation?

a)

working together, agreement, trading

b)

fighting, struggle

c)

disagreement

d)

spreading diseases

11.

What is adapting?

a)

fighting

b)

disagreement

c)

changing, trading, learning

d)

not changing

12.

What is a sponsor?

a)

A friend

b)

An enemy

c)

The country or king/ queen that provides the money and support for an explorer to explore their country

d)

Anyone that cheers you on as an explorer

13.

What is the Northwest Passage?

a)

a shortcut to Caifornia

b)

the shortcut explorers were hoping to find to Asia

c)

the shortcut explorers were hoping to find to the New World

d)

a hallway

14.

Which of the following is an example of adapting?

a)

Spreading diseases

b)

fighting with Native Americans

c)

Native Americans learning how to use weapons from European explorers

d)

Native Americans fighting to keep their land

15.

Which of the following is an example of cooperation between the American Indians and explorers?

a)

fighting with each other

b)

changing their way of life to live in a new place

c)

forced to give up their land to American Indians

d)

American Indians helping Europeans survive the winter

16.

Which of the following is an example of conflict?

a)

teaching each other how to live in a new place

b)

learning how to grow crops

c)

fighting the Native Americans that already owned the land you want

d)

trading with each other

17.

Native Indians learned to use new weapons that the settlers brought them. This is an example of _____________.

a)

Conflict

b)

Cooperation

c)

Adaptation

18.

European Explorers traded goods with American Indians. This is an example of ____________.

a)

Conflict

b)

Cooperation

c)

Adaptation

19.

European explorers brought diseases to the American Indians that killed them. This is an example of _____________.

a)

Conflict

b)

Cooperation

c)

Adaptation

20.

The Explorers learned to settle in the New World.

a)

Conflict

b)

Cooperation

c)

Adaptation

21.

The explorers LEARNED to grow crops in the New World. This is an example of _______________.

a)

Conflict

b)

Cooperation

c)

Adaptation

22.

The American Indians HELPED the explorers learn to grow crops. This is an example of ___________.

a)

Conflict

b)

Cooperation

c)

Adaptation