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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. To Next Slide Leif Erickson named his settlement _____. Vinland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. To Next Slide Another word for meeting is encounter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. To Next Slide That’s All! Keep Sharp Minds!