○ How does geography affect the way that people live and the activities that make up their lives?
○ Why did Europeans begin to explore different areas of the world?
○ What led the explorers to follow the routes that they took?
○ How did European explorations change the lives of Native Americans?
○ How does the past influence the present? Future?
○ Indigenous societies in the Western Hemisphere migrated and changed in response to the physical environment and due to their interactions with Europeans.
○ European exploration expanded global economic and cultural exchange into the Western Hemisphere.
○ The exploration of Asia and Africa led to European settlement in the Americas.
THE NEW WORLD
Exploration of the Western Hemisphere:
Colonization of the "New World"