Create a legend to identify the path of major explorers and chart those journeys on a world map (e.g., Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Hernando Cortes, and Sir Walter Raleigh).

SS.3.22West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All ages

Determine the causes and effects of European exploration. • Chronologically organize major explorers and determine the reasons for their journeys (e.g., Marco Polo, Amerigo Vespucci, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Hernando Cortes, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Sir Walter Raleigh, etc.). • Investigate the motives for exploration by the various European nations (e.g., England, Spain, France, Portugal, etc.). • Determine the information the explorers gained from their journeys. • Explain the impact of the explorers’ travels on Native Americans and the world.