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Explorers are usually:
Explorers might be:
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Explorers are usually:
Explorers might be:
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Name: _____________________________
Explorer
When you hear the word
What are
three words
you would
use to
describe an
explorer?
, what do you visualize in your head?
1.
2.
3.
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Viking
a warrior from
Scandinavia who
attacked the
coasts of Europe
and explored
encounter
a meeting that
might be between
people who have
never met
exploration
searching a place
or area that is not
known
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cartographer
a person who
makes maps
navigation
the ability to plan
and control the
course of a ship
monarch
a king or queen
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compass
astrolabe
scurvy
an instrument
used to find
direction
a tool used to help
find the position of
the sun and stars,
used to help
navigate
a disease common
in sailors, due to a
lack of vitamin C
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expedition
conquistador
claimed
a journey or
voyage a group of
people take for a
specific purpose
a person who sets
off to conquer a
group of people,
often from Spain
to declare your
country owns
something
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desertion
missionary
colony
to leave or run
away from your
duties
a person who sets
of to share or
teach their religion
with others
a settlement that
is ruled by another
country
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colonist
Northwest
Passage
profit
a person who lives
in a colony
a water route
explorers set off to
find in hopes of
finding a trade route
through North
America to Asia
money that is left
over after all
costs have been
paid
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discovery
the act of finding
something for the
first time
perseverance
to keep trying even
when something is
difficult
voyage
a long journey,
usually when
traveling by sea or
through space
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Explorers Vocabulary
word
definition
show the word
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Viking
cartographer
encounter
navigation
exploration
monarch
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compass
expedition
astrolabe
conquistador
scurvy
claimed
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desertion
colonist
missionary
Northwest
Passage
colony
profit
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discovery
perseverance
voyage
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Bartolomeu Dias
John Cabot
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Hernando Cortez
Sir Francis Drake
Lief Ericson
John Franklin
Vasco da Gama
Henry Hudson
Robert de La Salle
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ferdinand Magellan
Francisco Pizarro
Hernando de Soto
Amerigo Vespucci
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______________________
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Focus On:
This explorer is from _______________
Birth Year / Death __________________
Important Facts
1.
Character Traits
2.
3.
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Focus On:
This explorer is from _______________
Birth Year / Death __________________
Important Facts
1.
Character Traits
2.
3.
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Name: ________________________________
Focus on viewpoints
what happened
how explorers how the natives
might have felt might have felt
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Focus on viewpoints
what happened
how explorers how the natives
might have felt might have felt
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Name: ________________________________
Our actions have consequences
Explorers set out to:
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Our actions have consequences
Explorer: ______________________________
The goal was to:
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Explorer
(Include country the
explorer sailed for if
different)
Country
Birth year /
death
Goal
Actually sailed
to
Reason for
exploration
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Explorer &
country
Birth year
/ death
Goal
Result
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999
around
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