Age of Exploration Study Guide
The following information will help you prepare for your Age of Exploration
assessment. Your completed booklet should contain the answers to the questions
below. If there is something you don’t have … NOW is the time to fix the problem!
Why are the following people important?
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Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Queen Isabella
Henry Hudson
Francis Drake
Giovanni de Verrazano
Jacques Cartier
Peter Minuit
Which European nation is associated with each of these places?
9. St. Augustine
10.Jamestown
11.Quebec
12.New Orleans
13.New Amsterdam
14.Caribbean
Can you answer the following questions?
15.When did the Age of Exploration take place?
16.What was the Northwest Passage?
17.Which nation was successful in locating the Northwest Passage?
18.What were three advances in technology that made it easier for
exploration?
19.What are three reasons the European explorers came to the America?
20.Using the map on page ten of your booklet, describe where the English,
Dutch, and French settled in the New World.
21.Which nation explored the Mississippi River?
22.Which early English settlement seemed to just disappear?
23. Which of the four European nations had the best relationship with the
Native Americans? Why?
24.Which European nations seemed to have the worst interaction with the
Native Americans? Why?
25.What are three problems Native Americans faced with the European
explorers? (See Write On #2)
26.What are two problems Europeans faced when coming to the New World?
27.Give an example of a successful settlement for each of the four European
nations in the New World.
28.How did the European nations get along with each other in the New World?
29.Which two nations competed for land claims in Florida?
30.Which country won out? How?
31.What was Jean Ribault’s role in the exploration of Florida?
32.What was the significance of the Columbian Exchange?
33.Give three examples of how the Columbian Exchange created change in the
world.
34.When did the Columbian Exchange begin and end?
35.Can you give a definition for each term below?
technology ethnic cleansing compass conquistador immunity
missionaries New World Old World armada plantations
exploration charter