To Next Slide Social Studies Chapter 3 Age of Exploration 20 Questions! T. Sams Assisted by Olivia Byrd Piedmont Elementary

To Next Slide The first Europeans to arrive in Tennessee were led by Hernando de Soto

To Next Slide An adventure story about the Vikings who explored North America is a Greenlanders’ Saga

To Next Slide Dr. Thomas Walker found the Cumberland Gap in 1750

To Next Slide A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas is a isthmus

To Next Slide Explorers who sailed to Africa returned with gold and slaves

To Next Slide The first Europeans know to have visited the Americas were _______. the Vikings

To Next Slide What body of water did Vasco de Balboa reach Pacific Ocean

To Next Slide The leader of these first Europeans to visit the Americas. Leif Erikson

To Next Slide Leif Erickson named his settlement _____. Vinland

To Next Slide ________whose descriptions of the riches of China made traders want to go to Asia. Marco Polo

To Next Slide An adventure story that tells about the brave deeds of people long ago is a saga

To Next Slide Vasco Nunez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama

To Next Slide What are latitude lines that run east and west on a map? parallels

To Next Slide What are longitude lines that run north and south on a map? parallels

To Next Slide LaSalle followed the Mississippi River to its mouth in Louisiana

To Next Slide The route taken by Marquette and Jolliet followed the Mississippi River

To Next Slide What is the study of how to plan and control the course of a ship? Navigation

To Next Slide Europeans began exploring after they realized that sea monsters did not exist

To Next Slide What is the 0 degree longitude line? the prime meridian

To Next Slide When Columbus sailed west from Europe, he expected reach Asia

To Next Slide A person who makes a map is called a cartographer

To Next Slide Another word for meeting is encounter

To Next Slide Portuguese leader who started a school for navigators Prince Henry

To Next Slide French Lick, the first trading post in Tennessee, was located on the Cumberland River

To Next Slide Europeans began exploring after they realized sea monsters did not exist

To Next Slide Vasco da Gama found the shortest sea route to Asia by sailing around the southern tip of________. Africa

To Next Slide One of the technological advances that helped European explorers to find directions was the______. compass

To Next Slide Columbus gained the support of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella promising them wealth

To Next Slide Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa Vasco da Gama

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