5th-Ch. 2 Lesson 1-Why did the Spanish explore the Americas?
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5th Grade
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Robert Santiago
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which evidence might best explain why traveling long distances was dangerous?
Back
For weeks, the ships traveled across unknown waters.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the meaning of the term navigation?
Back
the science of guiding a boat
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Why did European leaders begin to sponsor voyages of exploration?
Back
to find trade routes that did not go through the Middle East
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
European leaders begin to sponsor voyages of exploration to find trade routes that did not go through the Middle East. Which evidence from the text supports the blue sentence above?
Back
In 1453, the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). They cut off most European trade through the Middle East.
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What did the Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation have in common?
Back
Both involved disagreements among members of the Roman Catholic Church.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which explorer traveled the farthest west into the “New World”?
Back
Ferdinand Magellan
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The explorer that traveled the farthest west into the "New World" was Ferdinand Magellan. Which evidence from the text supports the blue sentence above? Options: “His impressions were recorded in a book now called The Travels of Marco Polo, which further stirred people’s imaginations.”, “On his first voyage, Columbus sailed to several neighboring islands in addition to the Bahamas.”, “The name Americas began to be used for these lands in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, who sailed one of Columbus’s routes in 1499.”, “Another explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, named those waters the Pacific Ocean.”
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Another explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, named those waters the Pacific Ocean.
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