Week+1+-+Research

=Resources=

Read each of the resources listed below. Use the information contained in each resource to help you define key terms and people, as well as answer main idea questions.
 * [|Age of Exploration]
 * [|ABC-CLIO, "The Far Corners of the World"]
 * [|Portugal & Prince Henry]
 * [|ABC-CLIO, "Christopher Columbus"]
 * [[image:http://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/EUROPEANS+SET+SAIL.pdf"]][| EUROPEANS SET SAIL.pdf]

=Key Terms & People=

Using the above listed resources, write a definition for each of the following terms or people listed in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. Include a title above your definitions, such as "Age of Exploration Terms," so that your information stays organized.
 * Prince Henry the Navigator
 * Christopher Columbus
 * Vasco da Gama
 * caravel
 * astrolabe
 * cartography

=Main Ideas=

Answer the following questions in your //**Social Studies Only**// notebook/binder. The answers may be written as a complete paragraph, as a list, or as a picture/diagram. Make sure to include a title above your answers, such as "Age of Exploration Questions," so that your information stays organized. __//Make sure you can acknowledge the source for the information you used for your answer.//__


 * 1) What was the Age of Exploration? What reasons did European nations have for wanting to explore new worlds? (Optional graphic organizer for use with note taking.[[image:http://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/European+Exploration+GO.pdf"]][| European Exploration GO.pdf])
 * 2) Why did European leaders and explorers want to find a sailing trade route to Asia instead of continuing to use the overland trade route?
 * 3) Identify Prince Henry and explain his significance to the events of the world at his time.
 * 4) What technological inventions and improvements promoted the Age of Exploration?
 * 5) Identify Christopher Columbus and explain his significance to the events of the world at his time.

=Extensions= The information below is //**optional**// reading and is meant only to extend the knowledge you have gained from the primary resources listed above. = =

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Week 1 - Age of Exploration Week 1 - Immersion  Week 1 Discussion Unit 1 Chapters

References American History: Christopher Columbus. 19 August 2007 <[|http://www.americanhistory.abcclio.com/lessons/topics/topicdisplay.aspx?relateddisplay=true&highlightid=2&entryid=291003&topic=2&conceptid=1>.] American History: Europe and the Age of Exploration. 19 August 2007 . American History: Prince Henry the Navigator. 19 August 2007 <[|http://www.americanhistory.abcclio.com/lessons/topics/topicdisplay.aspx?conceptid=1&subconceptid=4&a]