Why Explore?
People explored new lands to find this shiny metal that made them rich.
What is gold?
This explorer sailed in 1492 and reached the Americas.
➡️ Who is Christopher Columbus?
This trail helped people travel to Oregon.
➡️ What is the Oregon Trail?
These were built to make travel easier on land.
➡️ What are roads?
Families traveled west in these.
➡️ What are wagons?
Explorers wanted to spread their religion, especially this one.
➡️ What is Christianity?
This explorer is known for sailing around the tip of South America.
➡️ Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
People moved west to find land, gold, and this word meaning new chances.
➡️ What is opportunity?
This system connected the country with tracks and trains.
➡️ What is the railroad?
Travelers had to cross rivers, mountains, and this dry area with little water.
➡️ What is a desert?
Some countries explored to become more powerful and build their this (hint: land and colonies).
➡️ What is an empire?
This explorer explored Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth.
➡️ Who is Juan Ponce de León?
This event in 1849 brought thousands west looking for gold.
➡️ What is the Gold Rush?
The first transcontinental railroad connected the east coast to this direction.
➡️ What is the west (west coast)?
______spread easily and was very dangerous on the trail.
What is diseases?
This word means wanting to learn or discover new things.
➡️ What is curiosity?
This explorer claimed land in Canada for France.
➡️ Who is Jacques Cartier?
These _____ wagons were often they way people traveled.
What is covered?
Railroads helped move goods and _____.
What are people?
People had to pack carefully because they could only bring a ____ amount.
➡️ What is a small amount / limited supplies?
Name one of the “3 G’s” of exploration.
➡️ What are Gold, God, or Glory?
This explorer led the first trip around the world (even though he died before finishing).
➡️ Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Name one danger settlers faced on the Oregon Trail.
➡️ What is disease / bad weather / lack of food / attacks?
This is why railroads were important (give one reason).
➡️ What is faster travel / easier trade / connect the country?
Name one job people had to do on the trail.
➡️ What is cooking / fixing wagons / taking care of animals / hunting?