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WorksheetsExplorers- 3rd Grade
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Italian sailor who sailed for England; He was the first to explore the eastern coast and found Canada
Henry Hudson
Jacque Cartier
John Cabot
Hernando de Soto
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.
Hernando de Soto
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
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
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Spanish explorer who sailed for Spain. This explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean.
Hernando de Soto
Jacque Cartier
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
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.
Christopher Columbus
Jacque Cartier
John Cabot
Henry Hudson
Check the 3 purposes for exploration
Gold (making settlements)
Glory (finding land)
God (Spreading Christianity)
finding freedom
What is an area of land that is ruled by another country or group of people?
kingdom
colony
home
country
What is a conflict?
conversation
fight, struggle, disagreement
hug
teaching each other something
What is cooperation?
working together, agreement, trading
fighting, struggle
disagreement
spreading diseases
What is adapting?
fighting
disagreement
changing, trading, learning
not changing
What is a sponsor?
A friend
An enemy
The country or king/ queen that provides the money and support for an explorer to explore their country
Anyone that cheers you on as an explorer
What is the Northwest Passage?
a shortcut to Caifornia
the shortcut explorers were hoping to find to Asia
the shortcut explorers were hoping to find to the New World
a hallway
Which of the following is an example of adapting?
Spreading diseases
fighting with Native Americans
Native Americans learning how to use weapons from European explorers
Native Americans fighting to keep their land
Which of the following is an example of cooperation between the American Indians and explorers?
fighting with each other
changing their way of life to live in a new place
forced to give up their land to American Indians
American Indians helping Europeans survive the winter
Which of the following is an example of conflict?
teaching each other how to live in a new place
learning how to grow crops
fighting the Native Americans that already owned the land you want
trading with each other
Native Indians learned to use new weapons that the settlers brought them. This is an example of _____________.
Conflict
Cooperation
Adaptation
European Explorers traded goods with American Indians. This is an example of ____________.
Conflict
Cooperation
Adaptation
European explorers brought diseases to the American Indians that killed them. This is an example of _____________.
Conflict
Cooperation
Adaptation
The Explorers learned to settle in the New World.
Conflict
Cooperation
Adaptation
The explorers LEARNED to grow crops in the New World. This is an example of _______________.
Conflict
Cooperation
Adaptation
The American Indians HELPED the explorers learn to grow crops. This is an example of ___________.
Conflict
Cooperation
Adaptation
