Transcript Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter
Than a 5th Grader?
Social Studies Chapter 3
The Age of Exploration
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5th Grade History
5th Grade Explorers
4th Grade Conquerors
4th Grade Explorers
3rd Grade Vocabulary
3rd Grade Explorers
2nd Grade History
2nd Grade Conquerors
1st Grade Vocabulary
1st Grade states
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5th Grade History Question
The story of Marco Polo’s travels to
Cathay, or China, was spread by which
invention?
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5th Grade History Answer
The
Printing Press
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5th Grade Explorers Question
Francisco Pizarro and his soldiers
traveled through South America
where they met people from which
Empire?
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5th Grade Explorers Answer
The
Inca Empire
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4th Grade Conquerors Question
What
did the Spanish have that
helped Cortés conquer the Aztec
Empire?
4th Grade Conquerors Answer
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horses and guns
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4th Grade Explorers Question
Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the
Isthmus of Panama to find…
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4th Grade Explorers Answer
The
Pacific Ocean
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3rd Grade Vocabulary Question
What is Prince Henry of Portugal
known for?
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3rd Grade Vocabulary Answer
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starting a navigation school
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3rd Grade Explorers Question
Which explorer is known as being
the first European to travel around
the world?
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3rd Grade Explorers Answer
Ferdinand
Magellan
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2nd Grade History Question
What was Columbus in search of
when he found the New Land?
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2nd Grade History Answer
A
more direct route to Asia.
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2nd Grade Conquerors Question
Hernando de Soto and his men were
the first Europeans to see which
water source?
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2nd Grade Conquerors Answer
The
Mississippi River
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1st Grade Vocabulary Question
What were Spanish explorers and
soldiers known as?
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1st Grade Vocabulary Answer
Conquistadors
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1st Grade States Question
Juan Ponce de León claimed which
current state for Spain?
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1st Grade States Answer
Florida
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Million Dollar Question
Northwest Passage Expediiton
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This explorer made four voyages to the
“New Land”. He claimed much of what is
now the New York state area for Holland
and England. His life ended when his ship
became frozen in the ice and his crew
mutinied and set him and eight others
adrift in a small boat. Who was this
explorer?
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Henry
Hudson
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