The Age of Exploration

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The Age of Exploration

• Chapter 5 Grade 5

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What is an expedition?

• journey
• voyage

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Examples of expeditions

• Space
• North Pole

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What is technology?

• knowledge used to make things or improve things
• makes life easier

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Name examples of technology in navigation in the
1400s.

• lateen sail
• rudder
• cross-staff
• caravel
• carrack

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What is trade?

• people give something and get something in return
• fair

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What is expansion?

• people just take something away from another
  group of people for themselves (example-land)
• not fair

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What country established the most colonies in
America first?

• Spain

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What were the Crusades?

• Religious wars meant to spread Christianity

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How did the Crusades lead to the European Age of
Exploration?

• discovered new places, riches, spices
• traded

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Why did experts search for the Northwest Passage?

• to find a better route to Asia
• no Asia, but they did find Canada northern
  United States

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How was Columbus both a failure and a success?

• Failure did not find Asia
• Success found a new world

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How did European exploration and settlement
affect the natives?

• spread diseases like smallpox
• killed the Indians
• enslaved them
• took away their culture (example-religion)