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Unit 2, Lesson 4
- 1. Why and where didEuropean countries claim land? Unit 2, Lesson 4- Vocabulary
- 2. Agenda • Vocabulary • Reviewof claimed lands
- 3. Charter n (noun) an official documentfrom an authority to do something
- 4. Settlement n (noun) a placeto live that is set up in a new area Jamestown
- 5. Which countries claimed landin the new world? Which countries claimed land in the new world? SPAIN FRANCE ENGLAND PORTUGAL
- 6. Which countries claimed landin the new world? Which countries claimed land in the new world? Many other countries explored the New World. Many of them claimed land: Dutch- New Amsterdam Fort Orange Sweden- Fort Christina Russia- Alaska/California
- 7. What were they lookingfor? What were they looking for? Many other countries explored the New World looking for the Northwest Passage. Many explorers believed there was another way (or Northwest Passage) through North America that would take them east to Asia. They mapped much of the northeast of North America (Hudson, Champlain, Cartier)
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- 9. Lesson 4-Questions • Whydid colonists in the Americas often build their homes near bodies of water? • Colonists settled near bodies of water so that they could move people and supplies easily and have access to fish and other supplies.• What are a few words we use today that come from another language? • Words like alligator, cruise, parade, and yam come from other
- 10. Lesson 4-Questions • Whydid colonists in the Americas often build their homes near bodies of water? • Colonists settled near bodies of water so that they could move people and supplies easily and have access to fish and other supplies.• What are a few words we use today that come from another language? • Words like alligator, cruise, parade, and yam come from other