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The Age of Exploration

5 Fill in the blanks.

1. Nations started to use routes by the end of the Mongol Empire.
2. The use of navigation allowed explorers to know their locations
on land and at sea.

3. Prince Henry brought , , and
to find an overseas route to India.
4. Christopher Columbus was an .

5. was the first one to discover that the Americas are not part of Asia.
6. The colony of New Amsterdam is known today as .

7. By the end of the Mongol Empire routes were being used.
8. became the capital of the Virginia colony.

9. Delaware colony was located on the .
10. Settlers of Maryland exported tobacco to .

6 Mark true or false.

1. Countries started to send explorers around the world after
the end of the Dark Ages. true false
2. Ibn Battuta started his explorations at an old age. true false
3. Christopher Columbus went to the Americas three times
without realizing that it was not India. true false

4. The Spanish and the Portuguese divided the world between
themselves using the Demarcation line. true false
5. The territories of North America are still named after their
Native American names. true false

7 Use the boxes below to compare the two explorers.

Prince Henry Similarities Christopher
the Navigator Columbus

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