Social Studies Chapter 3

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Social Studies Chapter 3

• The Age of Exploration

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The Age of Exploration

• This is a time when explorers from Europe went to
  the Americas
• To the Europeans, they had discovered new
  lands, unknown to them.
• To the Americans already here, if Europeans were
  not a threat when they arrived, they soon became
  one by bringing war, slavery, and diseases the
  natives had no protection against.
• This was the beginning of a time of great change
  in the Americas.

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The Age of Exploration

• This was also a time of great change for Europe
• Science and learning were improving, giving them
  the knowledge and technology to go across the
  Atlantic Ocean.
• Their governments were becoming more organized
  giving them the resources (money) and focus
  (fewer wars) to be able to explore.
• Plus they needed
• a new route to China because the old land route
  was no longer usable.

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Who was the first European people known to have
visited the Americas?a. Vikingsb. the
Spanishc. the Italians

• Vikings

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Who was the leader of the first Europeans to
visit the Americas?a. Christopher Columbusb.
Leif Erikssonc. Prince Henry

• Leif Eriksson

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What was the name of the first European
settlement in the Americas?a. Vinlandb. San
Salvadorc. Cathay

• Vinland

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The European who traveled overland to China and
described his visit in a book wasa.
Christopher Columbusb. Martin Behaimc. Marco
Polo

• Marco Polo

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What was the local name for the island that
Columbus first landed on? a. Vinlandb.
Guanahanic. Constantinople

• Guanahani

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True or False?

• The first school for navigation was set up by
  Prince Henry of Portugal
• Christopher Columbus found a new sea-route to
  China and Asia
• Europeans at that time thought there was one
  ocean, the Atlantic, between Asia and Europe

• True
• False
• True

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True or False?

• The Europeans needed a sea route to Asia because
  the Turks had taken Constantinople.
• Ferdinand Magellan proved you could sail west
  from Europe to Asia
• Amerigo Vespucci proved that Columbus had found
  China.

• True
• True
• False