MAIN CONCEPT: You should be able to explain how European Exploration influenced the Americas.

You should be able to examine evidence, including artifacts and other primary sources, to make evidence-based inferences/predictions about life among several American Indian groups that existed before European explorers arrived.

You should understand some of the motives and conditions that led to European exploration.

You should be able to use evidence from many perspectives to explain the effects of European exploration on people from Africa, and North and South America.

You should be able to explain how the period of exploration impacts your daily life, including: the foods you eat, animals in America, knowledge, technology, culture, and disease.