Themes and Reasons
It helps us understand the present and learn from the past.
Why do we study history?
Although he did not realize it until close to death, he was the first known European to land on the "New World" (on a Caribbean Island).
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The country whose rulers sponsored Columbus' first voyage.
What is Portugal?
What did Spanish explorers want to do with the gold and other riches they found in the New World?
Growing geographically, culturally, intellectually and in terms of personal rights
What is expansion?
Immigration, political parties trying to gain control of the government.
What are examples of the American theme of power and control?
He finally sailed around Africa to India in 1498.
Who is Vaso Da Gama?
He thought that it was smaller than it is.
What miscalculation did Columbus make regarding the size of the earth?
To find a shorter trade route to the Far East.
What is the main reason that many Europeans desired voyages and exploration (before discovering the New World)?
A person's understanding of the world in which he or she lives.
What is worldview?
To help history be personal and to help us keep our faith.
Why do we celebrate holidays?
The European thought to have explored the New World well before Columbus.
Who is Lief Erickson?
The first permanent European settlement in the United States.
What is St. Augustine?
They introduced geography, cultures, and riches of the East to Europeans.
What is the Crusades?
The belief that nations generally believe that their own ways and perspectives are correct and superior to those of other cultures.
What is ethnocentricity?
It helps us evaluate what we hear from the media.
What is studying history and knowing past events (and determining patterns)?
He led the conquest of the Aztecs.
Who is Cortes?
The dominant world power in the New World until about 1600.
What is Spain?
The dominant world power in the New World until about 1600.
What is Spain?
Rebirth (of human thought and creativity).
What is the meaning of the word Renaissance?
What are some events in the Bible that show us of the importance that God places on history?
He and his crew sailed around the world.
Who is Magellan?
They were taught the gospel, they were destroyed by diseases, wars and conquest (abuse).
What was the impact of European exploration on Native Americans?
What you value, what you believe to be the truth, the worth that you give to other people, what you believe about God's will.
What are four elements of your worldview?
The belief that our own ways and perspectives are correct and superior to those of other cultures.
What is ethnocentricity?