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Chapter 3Exploration and Technology

A Changing World

Spanish Explorations

Other Nations Explore

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Bonus Question: 5000 pts

Topic 1: 200• Question:• This was the group of Europeans who reached

North America about 500 years before Columbus.

• Answer• The Vikings

Topic 1: 400• Question:• Scientific knowledge and tools like a compass

or an astrolabe are examples of this.• Answer• Technology

Topic 1: 600• Question:• This European nation sponsored Columbus’s

expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492• Answer• Spain

Topic 1: 800• Question:• This was the reason Columbus sailed west

from Europe. (His goal)• Answer• To find a more direct water route to Asia

Topic 1: 1000• Question:• This was Christopher Columbus’s belief about

the lands he reached in 1492. (San Salvador)• Answer• He thought he was in the Indies (Asia)

Topic 2: 200• Question:• This was the leader of the first expedition to

sail around the world. • Answer• Ferdinand Magellan

Topic 2: 400• Question:• The explorer that explored the land that

connects the Americas and became the first person to REACH the Pacific Ocean

• Answer• Vaso Nunez de Balboa

Topic 2: 600• Question:• The explorer who thought he reached Asia,

but actually reached Newfoundland.• Answer• John Cabot

Topic 2: 800• Question:• The explorer that didn’t believe Columbus and

Cabot had actually reached Asia.

• Answer• Vespucci

Topic 2: 1000• Question:• One fact that proved Christopher Columbus had

not reached Asia in 1492.• Answer• Amerigo Vespucci did not see lands that matched

Marco Polo’s descriptions of Asia.• OR• Balboa’s crew reached the Pacific Ocean proving

Vespucci right about an unknown continent

Topic 3: 200• Question:• The empire the army of Hernando Cortes

conquered in Mexico.• Answer• The Aztec Empire

Topic 3: 400• Question:• The Spanish conquistador who took control of

the Inca Empire in Peru• Answer• Francisco Pizarro

Topic 3: 600• Question:• This conquistador explored and claimed for

Spain much of what in now the southwestern United States in is search for the cities of Gold.

• Answer• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Topic 3: 800• Question:• Explored and claimed for Spain what is now

the state of Florida• Answer• Juan Ponce de Leon

Topic 3: 1000• Question:• Explored and claimed for Spain much of the

southern half of the what is now the United States

• Answer• Hernando de Soto

Topic 4: 200• Question:• This is what Verrazano, Cartier, and Hudson

searched for in North America.• Answer• The Northwest Passage

Topic 4: 400• Question:• The explorer’s crew mutinied and set him

adrift in the sea.• Answer• Henry Hudson

Topic 4: 600• Question:• This explorer claimed for Holland much of

what is now the state of New York.• Answer• Henry Hudson

Topic 4: 800• Question:• The reason so many Europeans wanted to find

the Northwest Passage.• Answer• So they could set up trade routes that would

bring them wealth and power

Topic 4: 1000• Question:• A route believed to allow people to reach Asia

easily by sailing through or around North America

• Answer• The Northwest Passage

Topic 5: 200• Question:• Give at least two costs of expeditions for

explorers and their sponsors• Answer• Money to pay for ships, crew, and supplies• Ships could sink• Explorers may not find anything valuable• Etc……

Topic 5: 400• Question:• Give at least two benefits of expeditions for

explorers and their sponsors.• Answer• Finding gold, fur, or other valuables• Claiming new lands• Gaining power• Spreading Christianity

Topic 5: 600• Question:• The reason European explorers needed better

maps and new technology• Answer• The voyages were very long.

Topic 5: 800• Question:• The reason European explorers needed a lot

of money• Answer• To pay for their expeditions

Topic 5: 1000• Question:• The reason European explorers faced great

dangers• Answer• They were exploring unknown seas and

lands…Anything could have happened!

Bonus Question: 5000 pts.

• Question:• The reason Columbus had to wait until after

the Reconquista to start his voyage.• Answer• King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were too

busy fighting a war to convert Europeans to Christianity (Catholic)