5th grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 11
Explorers & Encounters
Why they sailed and what changed
What your child practices
The aims, sponsors, routes and obstacles of European explorers, the land claims of Spain, France, England and the Dutch, and the cooperation and conflict between colonists and American Indian nations.
California Content Standards learning standard: 5.2.1; 5.2.2; 5.2.3; 5.2.4; 5.3.1; 5.3.2; 5.3.3 · the aims and routes of early explorers, the land each country claimed, and cooperation and conflict among colonists and nations
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Explorers' sponsors were usually…
- farm animals
- schoolchildren
- kings and queens who paid for voyages
- newspapers
kings and queens who paid for voyages
Hint: Sponsors wanted riches and land.
Question 2
Hernán Cortés is known for…
- finding the Pacific
- leading the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
- exploring Alaska
- founding Jamestown
leading the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
Hint: Tenochtitlan fell in 1521.
Question 3
Which country's explorers claimed much of Mexico and the Southwest?
- Russia
- Sweden
- Spain
- Italy
Spain
Hint: Spain built missions and towns there.
Question 4
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition was the first to…
- sail around the world
- cross Africa on foot
- find gold in California
- reach the Moon
sail around the world
Hint: Magellan died on the way; his crew finished.
Question 5
Early colonists and nations sometimes cooperated through…
- trade, sharing farming knowledge and alliances
- building freeways
- using telephones
- playing video games
trade, sharing farming knowledge and alliances
Hint: Squanto helped the Pilgrims farm.
Question 6
Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River for…
- England
- France
- Spain
- Portugal
France
Hint: He sailed in the 1530s.