Exploring Explorers Worksheet

Name:__________________________________ Date:_________________

This activity will help you think about the reasons why people explore unknown lands.

Early Explorers
1. Go to the website Why Do People Explore? (http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=why/organised). Name some of the nations involved in early explorations of the world.

Why Explore?
2. Note some of the reasons famous explorers had for undertaking their expeditions to unknown lands.

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Objectives Students will use vocabulary related to explorers.

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