1. Welcome back to American History 1!
Please sit in a pair of desks.
You may choose your partner and where you sit, BUT choose wisely!
Mrs. Edwards’ reserves the right to switch partners or where your partnership is sitting if you do not get work done OR are distracting others causing them to not get their work done.
On your sticky note, write down WHY you think people enjoy discovering new things and 1 thing you have discovered in your lifetime

2. What are the major reasons people wish to explore?
The Virginia Company

3. As a pair:
The youngest person in your team is the Team Captain. They will be in charge of making sure you get all of the information to fill in your notes and will get your information checked off by Mrs. Edwards
The oldest person in your team is the Keeper. They will be in charge of making sure you finish in the allotted time and if you and your partner have any questions, they will direct them to Mrs. Edwards
Goal: To gather information on the different countries involved in the Voyages of Discovery and figure out why they went on these journeys and what they discovered.

4. Voyages of Discovery

5. What drove people to explore?
Wealth
Fame & Glory
Spread religion
Curiosity
Direct route to China/ India

6. Technological Advance
Compass
Let sailors know where North was—kept them from sailing in circles
Astrolabe
Allowed navigator to calculate them location, plot their course
Caravel
Light, strong, fast sail in ship
Used a rudder and sails that could be turned based on wind
Could get places faster, defend themselves

7. Patrons Prince Henry the Navigator—Portugal
Ferdinand and Isabella—Spain

8. Portuguese Henry Goal Sailors
Est. a court filled w/ people interested in navigation
Created a navigation school
Goal
Wanted a water route to India
Sailors
Bartholomew Dias
Pedro Cabral
Vasco de Gama

9. English, Dutch, and French
Goal
A shorter route to Asia through a Northwest passage
Sailors
John Cabot
Sir Francis Drake
Jacques Carter
Henry Hudson

10. Spanish Reasons for exploration Sailors
Wealth and power—trade route to China
Sailors
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan

11. As an individual… DO NOT WRITE ON THESE SHEETS, PLEASE!
Choose any THREE (3) activities to complete.
How you will be graded is included within the box.
You MUST have each activity checked off by Mrs. Edwards separately-for example, you cannot move onto Activity #2, until Mrs. Edwards had checked Activity #1.
Use your notes and your imagination to complete these activities.