EXPLORERS DON

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EXPLORERSDONT MISS THE BOAT

• ??ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS??
• How did the explorers contribute to the
  development of Europe?
• What was the impact of exploration?
• You will be able to answer these questions after
  our lesson!

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LETS EXPLORE!

• Expedition gear you will need A piece of
  notebook paper (folded into four sections) and
  the world map handout. The captain has given you
  two tasks to complete as you take your journey!
• You will use your world map handout to trace the
  routes of the explorers.
• Choose a color for each country and color in the
  key.
• On your paper, label each box with the names of
  England, France, Portugal, and Spain

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CAPTAINS ORDERS!

• As you journey through the lesson, copy the
  explorers route onto your world map (match the
  color of the route with the explorers country).
• Record the information about each explorer onto
  your paper (include the name of the explorer).

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SPAIN
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• WHO Italian who explored for Spain
• WHAT Sailed to the West Indies
• Credited with discovering America
• WHEN First voyage began in 1492, would go on
  a total of 4 voyages.
• WHERE All of his voyages were to the Americas
  Cuba, Central America, South America,
  Bahamas, and Hispaniola (today is Dominican
  Republic Haiti)
• WHY Was attempting to find a Northwest
  Passage to Asia

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Christopher Columbus
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FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• WHO Sailed for Spain
• WHAT Trying to find a quicker trade route to
  Asia
• WHEN 1519
• WHERE Sailed from Spain, around the tip of South
  America and is killed near the Philippines in
  1521. His crew will return back to Spain
  around 1522.
• WHY First explorer credited with a crew sailing
  around the world (even though he died during
  the trip). Named the Pacific Ocean

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Ferdinand Magellan
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PORTUGAL
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PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

• WHO Portuguese Prince who funded the
  explorations of Bortolomeu Dias, and Vasco
  da Gama (HE WAS A PATRON)
• WHAT He sent Vasco Da Gama to explore the
  West Coast of Africa. He was trying to
  find a quicker route to Asia. Da Gama did
  reach Asia (India)
• WHEN Dias 1487-1488, da Gama 1497-1498
• WHERE They sailed near Africa and South America
• WHY Asia!!!! Wasnt that where everyone was
  going??

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Vasco de Gama
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ENGLAND
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John Cabot

• WHO English explorer
• WHAT The first European encounter with the
  continent of North America since the Norse
  Vikings.
• WHEN 1496 and 1497
• WHERE First expedition he got lost and
  returned home. On his second voyage, he landed
  in Newfoundland, which is in present day
  Canada.
• WHY His explorations helped to establish a
  strong British hold in North America.

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John Cabot
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FRANCE
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Samuel Champlain

• WHO French navigator, cartographer and explorer
• WHAT Sailed to the North America looking for
  the Northwest Passage and founded Quebec
• WHEN First voyage began in 1603
• WHERE Canada, Northeast coast of present day
  United States, Great Lakes, St. Lawrence
  River
• WHY To establish permanent settlements and fur
  trading posts in New World.

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Samuel de Champlain
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Ticket Out the Door

• 3 List three countries from Europe that sent
  out explorations.
• 2 List 2 explorers that explored.
• 1 List one reason why explorers went to foreign
  lands.

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ON THE BACK OF YOUR PAPER -COPY THE FOLLOWINGYOU
WILL SEE THIS INFORMATION AGAIN (WINK)

• Who looked for the Northwest Passage to Asia?
• Jacques Cartier, John Cabot, Samuel De
  Champlain
• WHY WERE THE EXPLORERS WHO ATTEMPTED TO FIND A
  NORTHERN TRADE ROUTE TO EUROPE UNSUCCESSFUL? They
  kept running into LAND!! EFFECTS OF
  EXPLORATION ON AFRICA, NORTH, AND SOUTH
  AMERICA. Slavery, spread of disease, wars, clash
  of cultures, imperialism, religious conversion,
  spread of new ideas, introduction of new foods
  and products.

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WHEN IT WAS ALL DONE..

• On the back of the route map you just completed,
  create a key using a number for each country
  (ex.1Portugal, etc).
• Read the handout titled The Empires of Portugal,
  Spain, England, and France
• As you read the article, place a the number of
  the country in the area they claim (ex. Dias
  reached the southern tip of Africa, place a 1
  in South Africa).

Click on the caravel for the next part of your
expedition.
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EMPIRE MAP ANALYSIS

• Answer the following questions on your paper .
• Which continents had more than one country
  claiming it for their empire?
• What may occur when more than one nation claims
  an area (a complete sentence)?
• What advantage would a nation have if they alone
  claim an area (a complete sentence)?

Now you are ready to report back to the
king.answer the questions from the beginning of
the lesson on your paper. Click on the caravel
for the next part of your expedition.