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 EXPLORE - - - - CLAIM - - - - SETTLE The New World, what we now call the United States of America, was explored in the late 1400's and early 1500's. This was the **Age of Exploration**. Following this period of time was the time of settlement in the New World, w

e call this period **Colonization**.

The words **explore, claim, and settle** go together! Where the English explored, the English claimed, and the English settled. Where the Spanish explored, the Spanish claimed, and the Spanish settled. Get the idea?

Often something was going on in the home country which made life more difficult for certain groups of people, things like famine, religion, changes in government etc. Many people were looking for a place to live where they could live life as they wanted. Because their home country 'explored' and 'claimed' land in the New World, they had a place to 'settle down' in the new world. The New World became a home to many new settlers.

This wiki will give you a daily question about this period of time. You'll use Google Earth to keep track of your answers.  Below are some tips and video tutorials so you'll know what to do in Google Earth. __**The instructions for Day 1 are on the bottom of this page.**__ Have fun with this!

Google Earth is an awesome application that can be downloaded free from the Internet. Be sure to ask your parents if they'll download Google Earth on your home computer. The following tips will make more sense after you watch the videos.
 * GOOGLE EARTH **
 * TIPS: **
 * Every time you use Google Earth, uncheck all layers. Too many layers on at the same time make the maps confusing. I'll let you know what layers you should choose for the questions.
 * Name your folder in 'Places' with //your first name// and the name of this wiki: ex. "Mary's Settle Down"
 * When you're finished with each day's question go to File and Save - Save Place As . . . You'll have the option to name your file. Name it yournamesettledown.kmz, ex. marysettledown.kmz This file will save into your documents folder. The next day you'll click on this file in your documents and it will automatically open Google Earth. Therefore, each day you will be able to add the answer to the same file. When we reach Thanksgiving you'll have several placemarks in your document - in Google Earth this is called a layer.

Watch the videos to learn more about using Google Earth. The first question will be on Day 2. You will need to know how to create a folder and how to add a placemark. So today make sure you can do both things. Below are videos that I created for you.
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">DAY 1 **

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Layers in Google Earth (1:50) <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">media type="custom" key="7379645" <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Adding Placemarks in Google Earth (4:12) media type="custom" key="7379673" <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Making a Tour in Google Earth (5:13) media type="custom" key="7379693" = = = =