Exploration Study Guide
Name: _______________________
Unit 3: Exploration – Study Guide
What is on this test?
SOL 4a: Early Exploration of Europeans
- Why did European countries compete for power in North America?
- What were the obstacles faced by the explorers?
- What were the accomplishments of the explorations?
- What regions of North America were explored and settled by France, England
and Spain?
- What regions were explored by Portugal?
SOL 4b: Cultural Interaction & Economics of Explorations
- How did the American Indians and Europeans interact with each other? (List
specific nations and their interactions with the natives)
SOL 4c: West African Societies and Traders
- What was the importance of Ghana, Mali and Songhai?
- Where were the empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai located?
- When did the empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai exist in Africa?
- How did West African empires impact European trade?
- examples of each type of resource)
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1. Complete this study guide! My study guide is due on _______ and my test
is on ______.
2. Use your title page (p.54) to quiz yourself.
a. Can you answer the questions above without your notes? If yes,
awesome! If not, use your binder to help you until you can answer all
those questions without notes.
3. Review/study all the notes in your binder (p.58, 63,
4. Go over your quizzes from this unit (p.64, 69, 73)
5. Make flashcards
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games and read comics about the information on the test.
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Exploration Study Guide
SOL 4a: Early Exploration
Use p.58 of your binder to help you complete this section
Match the country that sent the explorer and the place of exploration with
the explorer’s name.
Giovanni (John) Cabot ____England____________________ (country)
___Northeastern Canada______________ (where)
Francisco Coronado ____Spain__________________________ (country)
___Southwest U.S.____________________ (where)
Robert La Salle
____France________________________ (country)
____Mississippi River Valley____________ (where)
Samuel de Champlain _____France_____________________ (country)
______established Quebec____________ (where)
Portuguese
____West Africa_____________________ (where)
Which Country?
France
Spain
Portugal
England
Where did they explore?
Southwest United States
Quebec, Canada
Mississippi River Valley
West Africa
Eastern Canada
West Coast of Africa
Exploration Study Guide
Read the list of issues faced by Western European explorers below. Write the issues that
motivated Europeans to explore in the Motivations bubble. Write the issues
that were obstacles to European exploration in the Obstacles bubble. Write
the accomplishments to European exploration in the Accomplishments bubble,
Gold
Disease/starvation
Natural Resources
Lack of adequate supplies
New exchanges & ideas
To Spread Christianity
Claimed new land
Fear of unknown
Poor maps and navigational tools
Competition for empire
Improved ships and navigational tools
Gold, Natural
Resources, spread
Christianity,
competition for empire
Disease/starvation, lack
of adequate supplies,
fear of the unknown,
poor maps and
navigational tools
Claimed new land, new
exchanges & ideas,
improved ships &
navigational tools
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SOL 4b: Cultural Interaction
Use p.63 of your binder to help you complete this section
Read the list of issues faced by Native Americans and European explorers below.
Write the issues that caused conflict in the Conflict bubble. Write the issues
that led to cooperation in the Cooperation bubble.
Transportation technology
Growing Crops
Disease
Owning Land
Language differences
Competition for trade
Trading goods
Owning land, Language
differences, competition
for trade, disease
Transportation
technology, growing
crops, trading goods
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Determine which Western European country, or countries, is/are responsible for the
following events. Write S for Spain. Write E for England. Write F for France.
_S___ Conquered and enslaved Native Americans.
_S & F___
Spread Christianity. (Spain was first to spread it)
__S__ Brought European diseases.
_F___ Established trading posts.
_E___ Established settlements and claimed ownership of land.
_E___ Learned farming techniques from Native Americans.
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SOL 4c: African Kingdoms
Use p.71 of your binder to help you complete this section
Put the three empires in order from oldest to newest.
Mali, Songhai, Ghana
1st _____Ghana________________________
2nd _____Mali________________________
3rd _____Songhai_______________________
Circle the raw goods that were shipped
out of Mali by Portuguese explorers.
Wool
Gold
Salt
Pumpkins
Cloth
People
What was the Columbian Exchange?
_____The exchange of people, foods, diseases, plants and animals from the eastern and
western hemisphere after the time of Columbus
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What came From Europe To the Americas?
___Cows, chickens, pigs, horses, sugarcane, coffee, bananas, oranges, wheat, goats, oats,
melon, rice, barley, sheep
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What came From the Americas To Europe?
____potatoes, tomatoes, corn, peanuts, tobacco, chocolate, pineapple, string beans, turkey,
llamas, alpacas, squash, chili peppers, pumpkins, chewing gum, papaya, tapioca, avocado
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Exploration Study Guide
The Explorers & First Americans - USI 4a, b, c
Name _____________________________________________ Date ____________________
I. Exploring Nations - Write the letter of the nation that matches each of the descriptions
below.
A. France
B. Portugal
C. Spain
D. England
1. __B______ Explorers from this country traded metals, cloth, and manufactured goods to
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
2. ___C_____ Explorers from this country were the first to bring Christianity to the New World.
3. ___D_____ Explorers from this country focused on establishing settlements and claiming
land.
4. ___A_____ Explorers from this country focused on established trading posts.
5. ___B_____ Explorers from this country explored the western coast of Africa.
6. ___D_____ Explorers from this country explored what is now Canada.
7. ___C_____ Explorers from this country conquered and enslaved the First Americans.
8. ___C_____ Explorers from this country explored the southwestern U.S., southeastern U.S.,
Florida, and Central and South America.
9. __A______ Explorers from this country tried to spread the Christian religion in the areas they
explored.
10. ___A_____ Explorers from this country established the settlement of Quebec.
11. ___D_____ Explorers from this country learned farming techniques from the First
Americans.
12. __D______ Explorers from this country traded with the First Americans.
13. __B______ Explorers from this country sailed around Africa to India.
14. ________ Explorers from this country claimed the Mississippi River Valley.
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15. ___C_____ Explorers from this country were the first to bring European diseases to the New
World.
16. ___D_____ Explorers from this country explored the northeastern coast of North America.
17. ___B_____ Explorers from this country traded with Ghana, Mali, and Songhai for gold.
18. ___D_____ Explorers from this country learned farming techniques from the First
Americans.
19. __C______ Explorers from this country included Francisco Coronado.
20. __A______ Explorers from this country included Samuel de Champlain.
21. ___D_____ Explorers from this country included John Cabot.
22. ___A_____ Explorers from this country included Robert La Salle.
II. Cooperation and Conflict - The interaction between the American Indians and the
Europeans sometimes led to cooperation and other times resulted in conflict. For each of
the following in the space before each statement write COOPERATION or CONFLICT to
identify each interaction.
1. ____CONFLICT_____________________ land
2. _____COOPERATION____________________ trade
3. _____CONFLICT____________________ differences in culture
4. _____COOPERATION____________________ technologies
5. ______CONFLICT___________________ competition for trade
6. _______CONFLICT__________________ disease
7. ______COOPERATION___________________ crops
8. ______CONFLICT___________________ language differences
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