Fifth Grade / Explorers

Explorers Study Guide: Chapter 4-5
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Study Guides Chapter 4: pp. 22-23

Learning Goals	Activity
Know how and why explorers set out for the New World in the late 1400s and in the 1500s
Record key information about objects on an explorer’s ship
Identify objects categorize as navigation tools, motives for exploration, or new products from the Americas	Explorer's Objects
Know about four key events during the time period of the late 1400s and 1500s

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Study Guide for pp. 28-29

Learning Goals	Activity
Know the meaning of the following words: conquistador, Northwest Passage, contagious disease, East Indies, colony
Know European explorers who claimed land in North America from the late 1400s through the 1600s
Identify key facts about eight early European explorers who led expeditions to the New World including the following: sponsor motives, and impact of exploration
Identify the conflict between Spain and France in Florida
Identify the first permanent European establishment in the United States

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