Grade 5: Social Studies Ch. 3

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

means “rebirth” ; a time of new ideas

Question 2

Navigation

Answer 2

the science of planning and following a route

Question 3

Missionaries

Answer 3

religious teachers to convert the American Indians to Catholic religion

Question 4

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 4

in 1494, Spain & Portugal signed a treaty to agree to move the dividing line farther west.

This gave Portugal the land that would become part of Brazil

Question 5

Counter-Reformation

Answer 5

A time when the Catholic church banned books that were against its teachings and used its courts to punish people who protested Catholic rules and beliefs

Question 6

Reconquista

Answer 6

The plan to make Spain all Catholic; also called Reconquest

Question 7

Columbus
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 7

Columbus explored the islands across the Atlantic Ocean
He claimed an island and named it San Salvador
Spain sponsored Columbus

Question 8

Jacques Cartier
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 8

Explored North America & St. Lawrence River;
Claimed lands around St. Lawrence River
sponsored by France

Question 9

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 9

Explored south-western United States
Claimed Mexico, southwestern United States and Florida (known as New Spain).
sponsored by Spain

Question 10

Henry Hudson
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 10

1st Expedition: Explored north of the Arctic Ocean
3rd Expedition: Explored Hudson River
4th Expedition: Explored northern coast of North America
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3rd Expedition: Claimed the whole Hudson River valley for the Dutch Ruler
4th Expedition: Claimed the northern coast of North America (and Hudson Bay) for England
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1st & 2nd Expeditions were sponsored by England
3rd Expedition were sponsored by Holland
4th Expedition were sponsored by England

Question 11

Juan Ponce de Leon
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 11

Explored state of Florida
Claimed Florida
sponsored by Spain

Question 12

Hernando de Soto
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 12

Explored south-eastern United States
Claimed much of the southern half of United States
sponsored by Spain

Question 13

Hernando Cortez
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 13

Hernando Cortez explored Mexico
Claimed Mexico City
sponsored by Spain

Question 14

Ferdinand Magellan
Explored what?
Claimed what?
Sponsored by what country?

Answer 14

Explored South America, Pacific Ocean
Claimed Philippines
sponsored by Spain

Question 15

What are some of the major obstacles that early European explorers faced?

Answer 15

Hunger and Illness, battle with native indians,

Question 16

What did Christopher Columbus think about the lands he reached in 1492? Were his thoughts correct? Why?

Answer 16

Columbus thought that crossing the Atlantic Ocean, he would reach Asia and land in the Indies.
His thoughts were incorrect, because he reached the Americas instead when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean. He also did not bring back any Asian silk or spices which is common from Asia.

Question 17

Balboa and Magellan both made discoveries to prove that Christopher Columbus was incorrect about the lands he reached in 1492. What were those discoveries?

Balboa discovered what?

Magellan discovered what?

Answer 17

Balboa settled in Panama. He & other explorers hiked west of the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean.
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Magellan discovered that sailing along the coasts of South America and passing through the southern tip of South America, they found their way to the Pacific Ocean. They crossed the Pacific Ocean to reach Asia.