Explorers
Vocabulary
Double Trouble
Think It Through
100

sailed/claimed land along Hudson River for the Dutch

Henry Hudson

100

A word used to describe a friend, united for a common purpose

ally

100

Name two explorers

Leif Ericson and the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, Giovanni da Verrazano, Henry Hudson, Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Cartier

100

 Tell one way life changed for the Native Americans because of the Age of Exploration.

Positive: guns, metal pots and objects, new foods,
new animals (horse, cow)

Negative: died from diseases brought by Europeans, forced off land, forced into slavery, culture changed,
guns killed too many animals

200

explored Lake Champlain and set up fur trade with Native Americans

Samuel de Champlain

200

 to travel in little known lands or seas for the purpose of discovery

exploration

200

Name two major reasons for European exploration

Spices,Riches, Quicker Travel Routes (Northwest Passage to Asia), Claim land, Trade

200

Tell one way life changed for the Europeans because of the Age of Exploration.

Positive: land, gold, furs (beaver), population grew rapidly

Negative: died in battles with Native Americans, died making sea voyages

300

“rediscovered” America in 1492,sailed for Spain

Christopher Columbus

300

fierce, warlike explorers from Norway

Vikings

300

 Name two dangers of European exploration

Wooden Boats, Simple Tools, Storms & Bad Weather, Beliefs about dragons, sea monsters, & ocean holes, Unknown geography

300

Was Christopher Columbus the first European to discover the Americas?  Why or why not?

The Norse (also known as Vikings) arrived nearly five hundred years before Columbus' voyage. A Viking named Leif Eriksson led them to North America.

400

sailed for France, explored the St. Lawrence River in upstate NY

Jacques Cartier

400

water route believed to flow through North America that explorers searched

Northwest Passage

400

Name two essential skills of an explorer

Read a map, Use tools like a compass, Read the sky for weather clues, Know how to write in a journal

400

Think about how Christopher Columbus treated the Native Americans he encountered. Based on how he treated them, what do you think was his opinion on them? 

Christopher Columbus did not respect the Native Americans. He wanted to use them as slaves. He kidnapped some of them to bring them back to show his King and Queen. 

500

Sailed in New York Harbor, provided useful information to future explorers by creating maps of the routes he traveled

Giovanni da Verrazano

500

a journey made for a special purpose

expedition

500

Name two countries that sent explorers to the "New World"

England, France, Spain, Holland, Norway

500

There are many paintings and images of explorers, like Columbus and Cartier setting up the flags of their countries when they landed. Why did they display symbols of their countries as they landed in the New World? 


They did it to claim the land for the country that sent them. More land meant more power. 

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