Quiz:

1. Who is an Indian?2. Name three Indians.3. Name three Indians from the present day.4. Where do Indians live, what do they eat, what do they wear?5. Discuss three common stereotypes about Indians.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/history-kids/native-americans-kids.html

Exploration

Some General Conclusions

Vikings

• 900-1100 AD -- Curiosity

• Leif Erickson, Eric the Red

• Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland

And then for almost 500 years no European contact with North America. Why?

The Changing Face of Europe• Crusades (1096 to 1291) - Brought

back goods that people wanted more of.

• Renaissance (1300-1500) – Sparked a quest for knowledge.

• Reformation – (1517) New religions start to spring up.

Marco Polo

• 1295 AD --Spices, riches, clothes, trade with East

• Venice to China--need to get rid of the middle man

• Book of Marco Polo

What is Their Motivation?

• Gold • God• Glory (wealth,

spices)

Portuguese

• 1400's-1500's -- Navigation, spices, trade with East

• Prince Henry the Navigator– school• Brazil • Famous Explorers: Diaz

(southern tip of Africa), da Gama (India and back)

Prince Henry the Navigator

Portugese Explorers

Da Gama’s routeDiaz’s route

Spanish

• 1500's -- Spices, profit, slaves, trade with East

• Columbus--4 voyages (Bahamas)• Central and South American• Religion, language, foods and animals,

architecture• Other explorers: Ponce de Leon, Balboa,

Magellan, Cortes (Mexico), Pizzaro, Coronado

Places where Columbus could have been.

Ferdinand and Isabella

Ponce de Leon looks for the Fountain of Youth in Florida

Magellan’s Route around the World

Amerigo Vespucci— Navigator

• Sailed with Columbus.• First to think that the lands being discovered

were not part of Asia (as Columbus had thought) but a “New World”

Treaty of Tordesilles• Line of Demarcation• Pope splits the New World between

Spain and Portugal.

French

• 1500-1600's -- Northwest Passage, Fur, Religion

• Religion, Language and Customs, Place Names—Quebec, New Orleans, etc.

• Explorers: Cartier (St. Lawrence River), de Champlain (Quebec), Marquette and Joliet (Mississippi River), de la Salle (lower Mississippi River)

Northwest Passage possibilities

Cartier Cartier’s route

De la Salle—lower Mississippi River

Marquette—

Mississippi River

Marquette and Joliet discovering the Mississippi River

English

• 1500-1700's -- Founding Colonies, Wealth

• Cabot (Labrador)• Raleigh (Roanoke)• Hudson (Hudson Bay)• 13 Colonies

John Cabot-Labrador

Sir Walter Raleigh--Roanoke

Henry Hudson—Hudson

Bay/River

Journal Entry 1: (At least two paragraphs or more)

Has your opinion of Columbus changed and why? Give two reasons why you think he should be considered a hero. Give two reasons why you think he should be considered a villain.