Vocabulary
A drawing that shows where places are.
Map
A very large body of salty water.
Ocean
What does it mean to explore?
To look carefully and learn about places.
Who explores space and does experiments there?
Astronauts
What flying machine can take pictures from above without a person riding inside?
a drone
A round model of Earth.
Globe
water that flows through the land
River
Why might an explorer draw the rivers, mountains, and paths they see?
To make a map
What kind of explorer studies sea animals and the ocean floor?
an ocean explorer or ocean scientist
What kind of vehicle can carry explorers underwater?
A submarine
A vehicle that carries people across water.
Boat
Land with water all around it
Island
Name two living things explorers might study.
Plants and animals
Which explorer sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
GPS helps us find our location. Where do its signals come from?
Satellites in space
A tool with a needle that points north.
Compass
These shine in the night sky and can help people find their way.
Stars
People sometimes traveled to exchange food, cloth, and other things. What is exchanging goods called?
Trading
Sacagawea helped Lewis and Clark. Name one way she helped.
She helped people communicate, recognaized landmarks, and found food plants.
How are a paper map and a phone's navigation app alike?
Both can help us find places and plan a route.
To travel and learn about a place
Explore
Something easy to recognize, like a tower, that helps you know where you are.
Landmark
Explorers may learn about people's languages, foods, and traditions.What are they learning about?
Their cultures or ways of life.
Why is it incorrect to say Columbus discovered America?
Indigenous people already lived there, long before he arrived.
What carries astronauts and scientific equipment into space?
A spacecraft