Explorers
sailed/claimed land along Hudson River for the Dutch
Henry Hudson
A word used to describe a friend, united for a common purpose
ally
Name two explorers
Leif Ericson and the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, Giovanni da Verrazano, Henry Hudson, Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Cartier
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
explored Lake Champlain and set up fur trade with Native Americans
Samuel de Champlain
to travel in little known lands or seas for the purpose of discovery
exploration
Name two major reasons for European exploration
Spices,Riches, Quicker Travel Routes (Northwest Passage to Asia), Claim land, Trade
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
“rediscovered” America in 1492,sailed for Spain
Christopher Columbus
fierce, warlike explorers from Norway
Vikings
Name two dangers of European exploration
Wooden Boats, Simple Tools, Storms & Bad Weather, Beliefs about dragons, sea monsters, & ocean holes, Unknown geography
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.
sailed for France, explored the St. Lawrence River in upstate NY
Jacques Cartier
water route believed to flow through North America that explorers searched
Northwest Passage
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
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.
Sailed in New York Harbor, provided useful information to future explorers by creating maps of the routes he traveled
Giovanni da Verrazano
a journey made for a special purpose
expedition
Name two countries that sent explorers to the "New World"
England, France, Spain, Holland, Norway
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.