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Answer 1-300:
Any of the following answers is correct.
1. Traveling to the Orient2. Trading for silk, spice, gun
powder, paper money, etc3. Writing about his travels – getting
people interested in traveling and exploration
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Christopher Columbus sailed in this direction hoping to find a quicker way to the Orient.
First Explorers: 1-400
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Answer 1-400:
What is west? He thought it was all water until he bumped into land.
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Christopher Columbus mistakenly named the Native Americans,
Indians because he thought he landed in this country.
First Explorers: 1-500
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Answer 1-500:
What is India? He really landed in the Americas and proved the earth was not flat. He was one of the first
explores to begin looking for a different passage to the Orient.
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This explorer sailed to Canada and claimed land for England.
Courageous Captains: 2 - 100
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This explorer sailed for England to Canada.
Courageous Captain : 2 - 200
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This explorer led three expeditions and sailed up the St. Lawrence
River.
Courageous Captains: 2 - 300
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Both Cartier and Cabot were searching for this?
Courageous Captains: 2 - 400
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These are the reasons why explorers were looking for the Northwest
passage.
Courageous Captains: 2 - 500
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Answer 2-500:
What were countries were looking for a cheaper and quicker way to get to the Orient for trading purposes?
**Remember it is quicker and easier to travel by water than by land. If they went east they had to go by land,
so they tried going west and then northwest.
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This explorer explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear to Maine while looking for the Northwest Passage. There is a
bridge named after him as well.
He was the first one to discover the New York Harbor. His brother mapped his voyage and
findings.
New York Explorers: 3-100
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This French explorer and navigator mapped much of northeastern North America and started a
settlement in Quebec. He also discovered the lake later named for him (1609) and was important in beginning fur trade for the French colonies in the New World. He fought with the Algonquin against
the Iroquois.
New York Explorers: 3-200
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He was an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the
Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. The Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay are named for
this explorer.
New York Explorers : 3-300
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This is one of the reasons why Hudson had to turn back down the
Hudson River?
New York Explorers: 3-400
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Answer 3-400:
The river became to shallow and narrow to travel further up river.
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Hudson, Champlain, and Verrazano all were is search of this.
New York Explorers: 3-500
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List three words Europeans get from Native Americans.
Native American Influence on Europeans: 4-100
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Answer 4-100:
Any acceptable answer.
Here are a few example: Canandaigua, Oswego, Ohio,
raccoon, porcupine
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List three things we incorporated into the United States government from the
Native Americans.
Native American Influence on Europeans : 4-200
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Answer 4-200:
Any acceptable answer.
May include: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, a system of
checks and balances, representative government, democracy,
constitution, etc…
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This was something the Europeans were introduced to and loved, but is really bad for you (they didn’t know
that at the time).
Native American Influence on Europeans : 4-300
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Native Americans taught the Europeans how to do this.
Native American Influence on Europeans : 4-400
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Native American Influence on Europeans 4-400:
What is to hunt, to farm, and to fish?
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This kind of trade increased so much that trading posts were set up
and towns were beginning to be settled.
Native American Influence on Europeans : 4-500
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Europeans brought over this spice to help preserve meat, it also makes
it taste good.
Europeans Influence on Native Americans: 5 - 100
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These are three of the animals that Europeans brought over to America.
Europeans Influence on Native Americans : 5 - 200
Daily Double!!!
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Answer 5 - 200:
What are cows, pigs, goats, horses, chickens, honeybees and sheep?
(Any three of the above are acceptable.
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Europeans brought over this technology so Native Americans
could see themselves.
Europeans Influence on Native Americans : 5 - 300
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Europeans traded three of these technological items with Native
Americans.
Europeans Influence on Native Americans : 5 - 400
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Answer 5 - 400:
What are guns, metal pots, metal tools, metal sewing needles, iron knives and wool? (Any three of
these options)
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Europeans accidentally influenced many Native Americans with this,
which lead to less Native Americans.
Europeans Influence on Native Americans : 5 - 500
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Answer 6-300:
What is for adventure, for riches, to become famous, treasure, meet new people, find new places, discovery,
or any other acceptable answer?
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Answer 6-400:
What is they might fall off the edge of the earth, sea monsters, sea storms, starvation, poor ship
construction, or any other acceptable answer?