The Age of Exploration: think and write
Grades 3–6 · Use with kidinfo.com/learn/american-history/age-of-exploration/
Name(s): Date:
- Read the KidInfo page first, then answer in full sentences.
- Use the key words where you can.
Think and write
- Why did European kingdoms want a new sea route to Asia? List two reasons.
- What new tools and ship designs helped sailors travel farther from shore?
- Rewrite this sentence so it is more accurate: "Columbus discovered America."
- How did the arrival of Europeans change life for the Taíno? Use two facts.
- Make a two-column chart of the Columbian Exchange: things that went from the Americas to Europe, Africa and Asia, and things that came the other way.
- Choose one explorer. Which Indigenous nations did his expedition meet? How did they respond?
- Why do you think different people describe the same expedition in very different ways?
Key words
| Word | What it means (in your own words) |
|---|---|
| Explorer | |
| Expedition | |
| Trade route | |
| Caravel | |
| Navigation | |
| Astrolabe | |
| Columbian Exchange | |
| Colonization | |
| Encomienda | |
| Perspective |
Free for home and non-commercial classroom use. Sources for every fact are listed on the web page.