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WORLD MAP – Cardinal Directions

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WHATWhat does the word ‘hemisphere’ mean?

WORLD MAP - Hemispheres

Northern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

WORLD MAP - Hemispheres

Eastern Hemisphere

Western Hemisphere

WHATWhat does the word ‘hemisphere’ mean?

Half of the Earth

WHICHWhich continent is the United States in?

WORLD MAP

Eastern Hemisphere

Western Hemisphere

WORLD MAP - Continents

North America

South America

Europe

Africa

Asia

Australia

Antarctica

NORTH AMERICA

United States

United States – Physical Features MAP

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OceanPacificOcean

Texas

WHICHWhich continent is the United States in?

North America

HOWHow did the first Americans get to America?

World Population Growth & Migration

Beringia – Land Bridge

Beringia

Beringia – Land Bridge

Beringia – Land Bridgehyperlink

HOWHow did the first Americans get to America?

They walked from Asia across a land bridge into America.

Native American Regions

Native American Regions

Christopher Columbus

Carrack

European Trade with China & India

Europe

IndiaChinaEastern

Hemisphere

European Trade with China & India

Europe

IndiaChinaWestern

Hemisphere

WHENWhen did Columbus “discover” America?

1492

WHYWhy did Christopher Columbus call the people he found “Indians”?

He thought he landed in India

WHEREWhere did the people who explored the “New World come from?”

United States –

EnglandFrance

SpainEuropeNew

World

The Columbian Exchange

The interchange of life-forms, ideas, and products between the Old World (Europe) and New World (America).

The Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange

New World crops(From the Americas to Europe)

maize (corn)white potatoessweet potatoesmaniocpeanutstomatoessquash (incl. pumpkin)pineapplespapayaavocados

Old World crops(From Europe to the Americas)

ricewheatbarleyoatsryeturnipsonionscabbagelettucepeachespearssugar

"Ananas cosmosus"

[pineapple], in Oviedo, La

historia general de las Indias,

1535

"Lactuca capitata. Cabbage Lettuce,"

in Gerard, The herball, 1633

"Allocamelus"[llama], in Topsell, The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes and Serpents and Insects, 1658

New Worlddomesticated

animalsdogsllamasguinea pigsfowl (a few species)

Old Worlddomesticatedanimals

dogshorsesdonkeyspigscattlegoatssheepbarnyard fowl

Horse, in Ruini, Dell'anotomia et dell'infirmità del cavallo, 1598

WHEREWhere did the people who explored the “New World come from?”

Europe

Review

WHATWhat does the word ‘hemisphere’ mean?

Half of the Earth

WHICHWhich continent is the United States in?

North America

HOWHow did the first Americans get to America?

They walked from Asia across a land bridge into America.

WHYWhy did Christopher Columbus call the people he found “Indians”?

He thought he landed in India

WHEREWhere did the people who explored the “New World come from?”

Europe

Exploring North AmericaExplorer Nationality Date Achievement

John Cabot Italian 1497-1498 Explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador

Amerigo Vespucci Italian 1497-1503 Sailed to West Indies and South America

Vasco de Balboa Spanish 1513 Led expedition across Panama and found the Pacific Ocean

Juan Ponce de Leon Spanish 1513 Explored Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth

Giovanni da Verrazano Italian 1523 Searched for a Northwest Passage

Sebastian Cabot - - -

Jacques Cartier French 1534-1542 Traveled St. Lawrence River

Hernando De Soto Spanish 1539-1541 Explored American Southeast-Discovered the Mississippi River

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado Spanish 1540-1542 Explored American Southwest

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Samuel de Champlain French 1603-1616

Explored Eastern coast of North America and the coast of the St. Lawrence River to Lake Huron-Reached Lake Champlain

Columbus1492

Cabot1497

John Cabot

John Cabot

John Cabot

John Cabot

John Cabot

WHOWho explored Mexico and up into the U.S. and Texas?

Coronado

Coronado

Coronado

Coronado

Coronado

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

WHOWho explored Mexico and up into the U.S. and Texas?

Coronado

Samuel Champlain

Samuel Champlain

Samuel Champlain

Samuel Champlain

United States – Native Americans

United States – Plymouth Rock

United States – First Thanksgiving

England, Spain, and France claim territories

England, Spain, and France claim territories

Transportation

Walked on trails

Boats, canoes, kayaks

Dogsleds, toboggans, snowshoes

Cars, motorcycles

Airplanes, helicopters

Trains

Bicycles

Walk

Boats

Boats

TodayBefore Europeans Arrived

Transportation

Transportation

Transportation

Transportation

Transportation

Who? Who explored Mexico and up into the U.S. and Texas?

Coronado

What? What does the word ‘hemisphere’ mean?

Half of the Earth

Where? Where did the people who explored the “New World” come from?

Europe

Why? Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found “Indians”?

He thought he landed in India

When? When did Columbus discover” America?

1492

Which? Which continent is the United States in?

North America

How? How did the first Americans get to America?

They walked from Asia across a land bridge into America.