Lesson 8 - European Explorers

Objective: I can identify significant European explorers, the areas to which they travelled, and the motives behind exploration for both individual explorers as well as European governments. (Topic 2, Lesson 1)

Checklist:

• I took notes on 2.1

• I know the time period, description, example, and significance of the people: Leif Erickson, Zheng He, Marco Polo, Prince Henry, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Amerigo Vespucci

• I can define and determine the significance of: Moluccas, cartographer, Treaty of Tordesilias, Line of Demarcation, circumnavigate, Cape of Good Hope, Straight of Magellan

  • Tools: Astrolabe, Compass, hourglass, quadrant, caravel, shallow draft.

• Complete the map below

Complete the map below and be aware of material in the video and on the powerpoint.