Studies Weekly Week 3

What was the Age of Exploration?

• A time during the Middle Ages when explorers weren't available in Europe.

• A time when people were lost and were looking for new homes.

• A time when the country did not exist and we were part of England.

What were the 3 primary reasons for exploration to the Americas?

• silver, land, freedom

• gold, God, glory

• land, gold, freedom

Christopher Columbus

• traveler from Alabama

• was the first to fly an airplane

• regarded as the first European explorer to reach the Americas

Juan Ponce de Leon

• explored present-day Florida

• explored present-day Alabama

• explored present-day Georgia

John Cabot

• First man on the moon

• explored areas along the Canadian coast, such as Newfoundland & Nova Scotia

• a Spanish explorer

Robert de La Salle

• explored the Great Lakes and established trading posts along the Mississippi River

• created a cruise ship route through the Mississippi River

• discovered the Americas in 1492

Explorers searched for gold and other precious metals that they could send back to ______

• Africa

• Europe

• Russia

______was very important to many countries, and some explorers wanted to bring their beliefs to the people of the Americas.

• Courage

• Money

• Religion

______is using the sun, moon, and stars to find a location.

• Astrolabe navigation

• Celestial Navigation

• Quadrant Navigation

What were some the tools that "early" explorers used for navigation?

• maps, sextants, astrolabes, and quadrant

• Google Maps, Waze, and Navigation

• Siri, Cortana, and Navigation