AGE Of EXPLORATION

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AGE Of EXPLORATION
Who discovered what and when was it discovered?
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3 Major Players
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COUNTRY CLICK ON THE AMERICAS TO FINISH
PRESENTATION
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COUNTRY
Spain
Portugal
Great Britain
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PORTUGAL
Christopher Columbus
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Vasco Da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
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SPAIN
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Great Britain
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Francis Drake
Henry Hudson
John Cabot
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Christopher Columbus
Explorer and trader credited with discovering
the Americas 1492
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
Portuguese navigator and explorer credited with
discovering Brazil 1500
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Ferdinand Magellan
First European to sail westward
towards Asia 1519-1522
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Vasco de Gama
Portuguese explorer,one of the most successful
in the European Age of Discovery, and the first
person to sail directly from Europe to India
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Juan Ponce de Leon
First Spanish conquistador who discovered modern
day USA at Florida 1513
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Spanish conquistador, first European to see the
Pacific Ocean 1513
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John Cabot
Italian explorer who is credited with modern day
discovery of Canada 1497
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Henry Hudson
first European to describe much of what known
today as New England 1609
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Francis Drake
first Englishman to circumnavigate the
globe 1577-1580
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Each of these men, even from their different
backgrounds and cultures, changed the world in a
significant way. These men were the first to
shorten the gap between the New World and the Old
World.
THE END
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(1)  History. The student understands
traditional historical points of reference in
world history. The student is expected
to (A)  identify the major eras in world history
and describe their defining characteristics (B)  
identify changes that resulted from important
turning points in world history such as the
development of farming the Mongol invasions the
development of cities the European age of
exploration and colonization the scientific and
industrial revolutions the political revolutions
of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries and the
world wars of the 20th century (C)  apply
absolute and relative chronology through the
sequencing of significant individuals, events,
and time periods and