Thinking Like a Historian
Cause and effects of an event
Cause and effect
Topic
What is a primary source?
Firsthand accounts of events
Why did Marco Polo travel to Asia?
To make a profit ($$$)
Who was the first country to send explorers to the New World?
Spain
How the past helps us make sense of the present
Using the past
2.
Detail about the topic
What is a secondary source?
Information derived from primary sources
Who thought they would sail to Asia by sailing west?
Christopher Columbus
The root English word of the Spanish word "conquistador"
Conquest, Conqueror
What has changed or stayed the same
Change and continuity
3.
Detail about the detail (supporting detail)
What kind of source is a autobiography?
Primary
A ship that can sail into the wind is
a caravel
What is the exchange of food, animals, and disease?
Columbian Exchange
How did past decisions affect future choices?
Turning Points
2.
Detail about the topic
What kind of source is a textbook?
Secondary
Sailors used this tool and the stars to help them navigate
An astrolabe
How many colonies did England set up in the New World?
13
How did people view their world?
Through their eyes
3.
Detail about the detail (supporting detail)
The Diary of Anne Frank is what kind of source?
Primary
What are the main reasons for exploration (3 G's)
Gold, God, Glory
What were the three main countries to claim land in the New World
Spain, France, England (Great Britain)