Social Studies

Essential Question:  How was the world changed by the explorations of European nations?

Enduring Understanding

• Exploration by Europeans led to permanent contact between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
• European explorers had different motives for their explorations.
• Native American culture was permanently changed by European settlement.
• European exploreres benefited from Native American cooperation.
• Decisions to send expeditions to the New World incurred opportunity costs.

• Describes reasons for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of Spanish, French and English explorations of Columbus, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Cartier, John Cabot and Henry Hudson.

• Describe examples of cooperation and conflict between Europeans and Native American

• Identifiy positive character traits of key historic figures

Columbus

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