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Unit 2 Topic 1 Study Guide

Christopher Columbus video notes:

Early Exploration Vocabulary

explorer- someone who travels in order to gain geographical or scientific ____information__________.

New World-Western hemisphere, including __North____ and __South_____ America.

Age of Discovery-a period of time from the 15th to the 17th century in which ___Europeans_______explored and mapped the world.

Age of Discovery video notes:

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Border – the _line___ that separates one country, state or area from another.

Territory – a geographic area belonging to or under the _______control_____of a government.

Why were explorers like Christopher Columbus eager to explore?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Studies weekly article- Mapping the Age of Discovery: Summary_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is a primary source? __A first hand account, record, or evidence about a person, place, object or an event._____________________

What is a secondary source? ___An account, record, or evidence that comes from an original or primary source______________

World Map1482 Modern World Map

The Spice Trade video notes:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What was the main motivation for European exploration?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sailors feared __sea monsters __ and ____boiling hot water______.

Early explorers were challenged to find and ____claim____________ new lands and claim them for their home country.

Why did Europeans want to explore? Would you have joined them?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Thinking about the articles we have read, analyze the map of world languages. What connections can you make?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

European invasions brought ___diseases____________ to the New World including _____smallpox____ and ____measles__________. These spread quickly because they were unfamiliar to the______Native Americans__. Many people ____died____.

colony – a group of people who __Move________ far from home and maintain ties with their _____home country_________.

colonize – to establish a ___colony__________.

Did Europeans have the right to explore land in the new world?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What were the effects of European exploration on Europe and the Americas?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Jamestown:_____________________

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Plymouth: _____________________

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Why did European colonists start on

the East Coast?

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What European nation was exploring the West?__________________