Lesson 5.1 Explorers and Navigation Technologies
Standards: SSWH 10 (a, c)
Textbook Reading
526-535 (Exploration), 531 (Tools of Exploration), 537 (Zheng He), 553-554 (Columbus), 554 (Magellan), 561 (Samuel de Champlain), 752 (James Cook), 554-559 (Conquistadors)
Essential Questions: What role did explorers play in discovering the world?
Textbook Reading
526-535 (Exploration), 531 (Tools of Exploration), 537 (Zheng He), 553-554 (Columbus), 554 (Magellan), 561 (Samuel de Champlain), 752 (James Cook), 554-559 (Conquistadors)
Essential Questions: What role did explorers play in discovering the world?
Videos
Watch this video as it summarizes the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration
Who really discovered America? Watch this interesting take on history
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Watch as John Green from Crash Course World History recaps some of the explorers we have covered
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Vocabulary
Here are some of the more important terms and names you should know for this lesson. Keep in mind we will probably discuss a few more that are not listed below:
Mercantilism
Christopher Columbus
Zheng He
Samuel de Champlain
Vasco da Gama
Hernando de Soto
Bartholomew Dias
Prince Henry the Navigator
Treaty of Tordesillas
Ming Dynasty
James Cook
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortez
Fransisco Pizzaro
Juan Ponce de Leon
Here are some of the more important terms and names you should know for this lesson. Keep in mind we will probably discuss a few more that are not listed below:
Mercantilism
Christopher Columbus
Zheng He
Samuel de Champlain
Vasco da Gama
Hernando de Soto
Bartholomew Dias
Prince Henry the Navigator
Treaty of Tordesillas
Ming Dynasty
James Cook
Ferdinand Magellan
Hernan Cortez
Fransisco Pizzaro
Juan Ponce de Leon