Virtual Field Trip:European Exploration of the New

worldMr. Talbot

Obstacles for Exploration – What things stood in the

way of Exploration?

Poor Maps & Limited Navigational Tools

Disease and Starvation

Fear of the Unknown

Lack of Adequate Supplies – not having enough resources to survive onNEXT

Section A

15th Century World Map - 1400

16th Century World Map - 1500

17th Century World Map - 1600

BACK

Tools for Navigation – What is Navigation?

Navigation – “The art of plotting and directing the course of a ship.”

Directions:› Click on the yellow sign

to learn about navigation tools used by explorers

› Use what you learn to answer the questions on your worksheet

Maps Compass Astrolabes Ships – The Caravel

http://www.cccoe.net/lifeatsea/student/navtools.htm

Section B

Northwest Passage During the Age of Exploration, many

European nations and explorers thought that they could discover a new trade route to Asia by traveling west through North America.

They hoped the Northwest Passage would be a direct trade route to Asia.

Section C

Motives for Exploration Why did

Europeans want to Explore the New World?

Directions:› Click on the gold

coins to learn about the motives for exploration

› Use what you learn to answer the questions on your worksheet

Economic Religious Empire

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Section D

Portuguese Explorers -Why was Prince Henry the Navigator so important to Exploration?

Click on the blue star to learn how the Portuguese helped spark the Age of Exploration

DIRECTIONS› Read the section on

Portuguese Explorers › Use the information on

the website to answer the questions on your worksheet

http://library.thin

kquest.org/J0026

78F/prince_henr

y_the_navigator.

htm

Portugal

Why did these new trade routes influence Christopher

Columbus?

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Spanish Explorers:Francisco Coronado

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/spanish_explorers.htm

Click on the compass below to learn about Spanish Explorers in the New World

DIRECTIONS: On the website page, click on

the name: Coronado

Read about Coronado

Answer the questions on your worksheet

Check out the route that Coronado took when he explored the New World!

Do you recognize any states?

Red Line – Coronado’s Route of exploration

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French Explorers :Robert La Salle Click on the telescope

below to learn how Robert La Salle claimed land in the New World for France

DIRECTIONS:› Read about Robert La

Salle› Answer the questions

on your worksheet

http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/lasalle.html

Where do you think Louisiana got it’s name?

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French Explorers:Samuel de Champlain

Click on the picture of France below to learn how Samuel de Champlain claimed land in the New World for France

DIRECTIONS:

› Read about Samuel de Champlain

› Answer the questions on your worksheet

Quebec

What language do they speak in Quebec, Canada?

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England’s Explorers:John Cabot

Click on the ship below to learn how John Cabot explored the New World to claim land for England

› DIRECTIONS: Scan down the webpage and

read about John Cabot Answer the questions about

John Cabot on your worksheet

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabot.shtml

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