1. EXPLORERS DON’T “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!

2. SPAIN

3. 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

4. Christopher Columbus

5. 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 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

6. Ferdinand Magellan

7. PORTUGAL

8. 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 , da Gama
WHERE: They sailed near Africa and South America
WHY: Asia!!!! Wasn’t that where everyone was going??

9. Vasco de Gama

10. ENGLAND

11. Sir Francis Drake WHO: English explorer
WHAT: Look for Spanish vessels and settlements to destroy.
WHEN: He began exploring in
WHERE: First explorer to circumnavigate the world.
WHY: No major discoveries but his attacks led to the defeat of the Spanish Armada. He stole lots of gold and jewels from the Spanish for England.

12. Sir Francis Drake

13. FRANCE

14. 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.

15. Samuel de Champlain

16. ON THE BACK OF YOUR PAPER -COPY THE FOLLOWING…YOU 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.

17. 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.1=Portugal, 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.

18. 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.