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3 HISTORY

LESSON 11

1 Match the words on the left with the descriptions on the right.

1. Prince Henry the Navigator a. reached Southern Africa in 1487 C.E.

2. Bartolomeu Dias b. sailed around the southern tip of Africa
3. The Chinese and and all the way to India
Western Europeans c. developed ocean navigation methods

4. Vasco da Gama d. the Americas were named after him

5. Christopher Columbus e. sent explorers to learn about the
surrounding world
6. Amerigo Vespucci
f. discovered the Americas

2 Fill in the blanks using the words below.

French King James I Chinese Mongol Empire Dutch

Vasco da Gama Portuguese Virginia Swedes
Spanish Western Europeans

1. The and the sent explorers to learn
about the world during the Dark Ages.

2. The protected travelers moving between Asia and Western
Europe.

3. was the first person to sail around the southern tip of
Africa towards India.
4. The and the were the main
explorers of the world.

5. The sent their explorers to North America in 1524 C.E.

6. sent a group of British explorers to settle in
.
7. The and the tried to colonize the
area of Delaware.

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