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Lesson 1
Describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of early explorers and the technological developments that made sea exploration by latitude and longitude possible (examples: compass, sextant, astrolabe, seaworthy ships, chronometers, gunpowder). |
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Resources What is an astrolabe? Make your own astrolabe Spanish Explorers Explorers' Maps Old World Map Maker Profiles of Explorers Scavenger Hunt |
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Lesson 2
Explain the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of the explorers, sponsors, and leaders of key European expeditions and the reasons Europeans chose to explore and colonize the world. |
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Lesson 3
Trace the routes of the major land explorers of the United States, the distances traveled by explorers, and the Atlantic trade routes that linked Africa, the West Indies, the British colonies, and Europe. |
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Lesson 4
Locate on maps of North and South America land claimed by SPain, France, England, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia. |
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