History of Exploration

• Identify primary drivers behind early human migration patterns

• Map early connections between distant civilizations

• Analyze how coastal travel expanded human reach

• Evaluate methods used for crossing the Pacific Ocean

• Examine how trade routes facilitated cultural diffusion

• Assess how ship design enabled Norse travel

• Contrast different motives for state-sponsored exploration

• Compare tools used during the Age of Discovery

• Relate mercantilism to the funding of expeditions

• Analyze how mapmaking solidified territorial claims

• Trace the shift from gold to scientific inquiry

• Describe the physical limits of human endurance

• Evaluate the environmental consequences of exploration

• Connect historical exploration to modern space travel

• Predict next steps for human exploration