Title: Why did Europenas Sail to New Places?
1Lesson 1 Why did Europenas Sail to New Places?
Lesson 2 Who were the explorers what did they
want?
Lesson 3 What Explorations weremade by land?
Lesson 4 Where in the Americasdid European
countries Claim land?
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2Trips and Voyages are synonyms for this
exploration word.
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3Expedition
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4This Explorer wrote a book about his trip to Asia
which made many people more interested in Asia.
Lesson 1 - 200
5Marco Polo
Lesson 1 - 200
6Name 3 new technologies that made sailing safe
and tell what they do.
Lesson 1 - 300
7Compass points north and helps you find your
waySexton helps to find your latitude and
longitudeAstrolabe used with sun or stars to
help find your latitudeCaravel smaller ship
that made long sea voyages possible
Lesson 1 - 300
8This Science helped sailors find their way
Lesson 1 - 400
9Navigation
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10How was Christopher Columbus like an entrepreneur?
Lesson 1 - 500
11He made exploration a business and looked for
sponsors to help him.
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12What was the Northwest Passage?
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13The Northwest Passage was believed to be a
passage through the northern part of North
America.BONUS Did anyone find it?
Lesson 2 - 100
14Name two of the three goals of European
Exploration.
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15Lesson 2 - 200
- Find new trade routes to Asia
- Control new lands
- Establish colonies
16 Fill in the blanks _____ _____ helped
Europeans realize that the Americas were
previously unknown lands. _____ _____ was the
first one to sail around the world back to Spain.
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17Amerigo Vespucci helped Europeans realize that
the Americas were previously unknown lands.
Ferdinand Magellan was the first one to sail
around the world back to Spain.
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18Both of these men sailed for Spain. _____ _____
conquered the Aztec Empire and _____ _____
conquered the mighty Incas.
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19Both of these men sailed for Spain. Hernando
Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire and Francisco
Pizarro conquered the mighty Incas.
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20What was the goal of the Counter Reformation in
the New World?
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21Convert the people to the Catholic Church.
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22In Triangular Trade, goods and enslaved people
were carried between these three places.
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23Europe, Africa and the Americas
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24The Dutch founded New Amsterdam and Fort Orange
which have these names today.
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25New York City and Albany, New York
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26What did Americans export or send to Europe?
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27Timber, grain, tobacco and rice (all things they
could grow)
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28Tell where these explorers went exploringPonce
de Leonde SotoVasquez de Coronado
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29Ponce de Leon present day Floridade Soto
North AmericaVasquez de Coronado present day
Mexico and the American Southwest
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30The Spanish set up several of these which helped
them spread Catholicism.
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31Missions
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32Why did colonists build their settlements close
to rivers?
Lesson 4 - 100
33It gave them fresh drinking water, water for
agriculture and made it easier to transport
people and goods
Lesson 4 - 100
34This official document gave settlers the
authority to set up colonies and was usually
granted by a king or queen.
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35A charter
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36Explain why so many English words come from other
languages.
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37Settlers from many countries came to America and
some of their words ended up becoming English
words.
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38Name 5 of the 7 countries who made land claims in
the Americas.
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39England, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands,
Russia, and Sweden
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40Tell where the following countries settled in the
New WorldSpainFrancePortugal
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41Spain Central America and western South
AmericaFrance central North AmericaPortugal
Eastern South America
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42A person who starts a new business
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43Entrepreneur
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44The Turks caused this problem when they captured
the city of Constantinople
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- They made it difficult to use the Silk Road to
travel between Europe and Asia
46An area or place that is ruled by a distant
country.
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47Colony
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48Why is English the official language of the
United States, but French is the official
language of Canada and Spanish is the official
language in Mexico?
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49The U.S was colonized by England, Eastern Canada
was colonized by France and Mexico was colonized
by Spain.
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50How did exploration change when Europeans
discovered the New World?
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51Countries began wanting to claim land and
resources in the Americas
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