Explorers

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Explorers

• (a person who travels to new places to learn more
  about them)
• By Mrs. Strickland

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Character Traits of an Explorer

• Valiant/Brave
  
• Courageous/Bold
  
• Determined/Perseveres
• Assertive/Confident
• Conscientious/Reliable
• Curious/Inquisitive

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The Explorers (Europeans)Spain paid for these
Explorations

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Hernando de Soto
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernan Cortes
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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The RoutesThese explorers travelled from Europe
to the Americas.
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Christopher ColumbusAdmiral of the Ocean Seas

• Goal was to find a shorter route to Asia
  (Indies)
• Why?
• Queen King of Spain funded the exploration
• Why?
• Late spring of 1492, Columbus left Palos, Spain
  with a crew of 89 men and 3 ships
• Name the ships SM, N, P
• On Oct.11, 1492, came upon an island and thought
  what.??? He had reached the Indies (Asia).
• Words to Remember navigator, navigation,
  merchant, profit,
• Columbian
  Exchange, inhabitant

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How did the Columbian Exchange Effect the
Europeans and the Natives?

• Positive Effects

• Harmful Effects

• Europeans got new foods which probably made them
  healthier. (potatoes, corn, peanuts, tomatoes,
  chocolate, peppers, squashes, and beans)
• Europeans probably made money selling goods
• Europeans (Columbus) brought cows, horses,
  pigs, wheat, barley, sugar.

• Europeans cut down rain forests on the Carribbean
  islands to build sugar farms.
• Many plants and animals were destroyed.
• Many natives died because of the diseases the
  Europeans brought

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