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REASONS FOR EXPLORATION
EXPLORATION hard and helpful
POTPOURRI
VIKINGS-FRIEND OR FOE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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What were explorers curious about?
Explorers were searching for new plants , animals, food and land
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Name a weather related difficulty that causes explorers ro be delayed or stopped?
Storms , could break ships or slow down travels
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Where was Jacques Cartier from?
france
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Name four countries the Vikings explored?
France, England, Russia, and North America
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Explain Columbus's goal for exploring?
Columbus wanted to prove the world was round because people before him all thought the world was flat
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NAME A REASON PEOPLE EXPLORED
TOFIND BETTER TRADE ROUTES SO IT WOULD BE EASIER AND FASTER TO GET PLACES
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Name a difficulty that effected the crews on the ship?
Diseases made people sick and they could not help
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NAME THE AREA JACQUES CARTIER EXPLORED
NORTH AMERICA
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Which direction did columbus start out? Why?
Columbus went west to get to asia by going across the Atlantic ocean
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What did explorers want to claim for their own countries?
Land
300
NAME A NOT SO NICE EXPLORER FROM SPAIN
FRANCISCO PIZARO
300
Why did the vikings want to explore other lands?
The Vikings wanted to find more lands to farm.
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Name two reasons for exploration that were connected?
Power, explorers wanted to gain more power by finding new lands Wealth, explorers wanted to find fortunes for themselves
400
Name two inventions that helped explorers find their way?
Compass helps explorers navigate so they do not get lost Quadrant , helped explorers measure angles and find exact locations of land
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WHO FOUND THE LAND THAT IS NOW MONTREAL?
JACQUES CARTIER
400
What made it easier for Vikings to explore foreign land?
The Vikings were good shipbuilders because they were surrounded by water. Being so close to water made it easier to begin voyages.
400
how did people aboard Columbus ships eat?
Food was cooked on the deck of ships in large pots over wood fires. People ate one hot meAl a day at 11:00
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What are foreign goods?
Materials from other lands that explorers tobring back to their own country
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Name a third invention that helped the explorers?
The printing press made it easier to spread information and create books if things they need
500
WHAT EMPIRE DID PIZARO TAKE OVER? Where was this located?
pizaro explored south of south america. He took over the Inca empire with just 180 men.