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WorksheetsU4 Age of Exploration
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 16mins
Match the following vocabulary words with their definitions.
Old World
A period of European exploration and colonization that lasted from about 1418 to 1620.
Age of Exploration
Longship
A conquerer
especially one of the Spanish conquers of Mexico and Peru
Conquistador
New World
The Western Hemisphere; North and South Americas
A ship with oars and a sail used by the Vikings.
The Eastern Hemisphere before the discovery of the Americas.
The Vikings were from ___, ___, and ___.
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
Norway, Greece, Denmark
England, Sweden, and Denmark
England, France, and Ireland
Put the events in chronological order.
Leif Erikson
1000 C.E.
Christopher Columbus
1492
John Cabot
1497
Jacques Cartier
1534
Henry Hudson 1607
(a) , (b) , and (c) were the three main reasons for European exploration.
TRUE OR FALSE
The Age of Exploration is also called The Age of Discovery.
True
False
Who were the MAIN PLAYERS (COUNTRIES) of exploration?
Christopher Columbus was an (a) sailor who sailed for (b)
John Cabot was an (a) explorer who sailed for (b)
Hernan Cortes was a (a) conquistador who sailed for (b) and conquered the (c)
Ferdinand Magellan was a (a) sailor who sailed for (b) He was the (c) to sail around the world.
Juan Ponce de Leon was a (a) explorer who sailed for (b)
Leif Erikson discovered North America before Christopher Columbus.
True
False
