1. What did the explorers accomplish?
Warm Up:
Accomplishment: something that has been achieved successfully.
Brainstorm:
What did the explorers accomplish?

2. Today’s Agenda: Notes: Accomplishments of European explorers
Explorers medals
Review for test: Grungeball!
Questions on the study guide?

3. Accomplishments of Exploration
Exchange of ___________ and ___________.

5. Accomplishments of Exploration
New ___________ for each European country.

7. Accomplishments of Exploration
Improvements in technology: better _________, ___________, and ___________.

9. Award a Medal:
Choose 2 of the explorers we discussed in class (Columbus, Cabot, La Salle, Champlain, Coronado). Award each explorer a medal for a specific accomplishment.

10. GRUNGEBALL: Each time will start out with 10 “Xs.”
The object of the game is to KEEP your “Xs.”
When everyone is quiet, I will ask a question
SIELNTLY write down your answer
I will say “talk with your team”—compare answers, make sure everyone agrees
I will pick a desk number from the hat
If that person answers correctly, they can erase an “X” from another team
Then, they can shoot a basket. If you make it from the first line, erase 1 more “X,” second line 2 “Xs,” third line 3 “Xs.”
*If a team is working together well, I can add an “X.” If a team is off task, I can delete an “X.”

11. Why did Columbus sail west across the Atlantic ocean?

12. Name 1 think European explorers accomplished.

13. What is a conquistador?

14. Which explorer conquered and enslaved the Native Americans on the island of Hispanola?

15. What country did Francisco Coronado work for?

16. Which English explorer claimed eastern Canada?

17. Name 2 areas of conflict between Native Americans and Europeans

18. Which European explorers traded furs and beaver pelts with Native Americans?

19. What Native American tribe controlled upstate New York?

20. What country did Robert de la Salle work for?

21. Which explorer set up the French fur trading center of Quebec?

22. Which European explorer marched 7,000 miles searching for the Seven Cities of Gold?

23. Name 2 motivations of European explorers

24. Who sailed across the Atlantic in 1492?

25. Name 2 areas of cooperation between Native Americans and Europeans

26. What are the names of Columbus’ three boats?

27. Name one way the Spanish interacted with the Native Americans they encountered.

28. Name one obstacle faced by European explorers.

29. Name one way European explorers cooperated with Native Americas.

30. Which explorer claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France?

31. What are the symptoms of scurvy?

32. Which French king did Robert de la Salle name the Mississippi River Valley after?

33. Which European explorer returned to Mexico and was pronounced a failure?

34. How many Taino Indians lived on the island of Hispanola in 1491?

35. What are the names of the King and Queen of Spain in 1492?

36. What deadly disease did many sailors catch traveling across the ocean?

37. Name one way the English interacted with the Native Americans they encountered.

38. Name one animal European explorers brought to the Americas.

39. What is one animal that lived with early people in America?

40. What is the Beringia Theory?

41. What is the main artifact of the Clovis Period?

42. Where is Cactus Hill located?

43. Why is Cactus Hill significant?

44. Name one Native American tribe who lived in the southwest.

45. Name one cultural trait of the Netsilik Eskimos.

46. Which Native American tribe built totem poles out of the cedar trees in their environment?