Navigational Tools and Atlantic Ocean Routes

Indigenous Cultures and the Age of Exploration

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Describe how navigational innovations such as the astrolabe, magnetic compass, caravel, and wind patterns made oceanic voyages possible.

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Indigenous Cultures and the Age of Exploration

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Analyze diverse pre-Columbian American Indian societies, the causes and technologies behind European exploration, and the lasting global impacts of early transatlantic contact.

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U.S. I Standard 1.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will compare and evaluate historians’ interpretations of the motivations and conditions that led to European exploration.