Starter quiz
- Where do boats travel?
- on land
- through water ✓
- in the sky
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- Which of these is a boat?
- Which mode of transport was used for travelling in the past?
- What do maps do?
- Show us where things are. ✓
- Tell stories about a place.
- Show us pictures of places.
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- Which of these is a map?
- Which type of transport do you think early explorers used?
- trains
- cars
- boats ✓
- planes
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Exit quiz
- True or false? Early explorers travelled by foot.
- True ✓
- False
- Choose the best description of an explorer.
- A person who plans long journeys with a map.
- A person who goes searching for something.
- A person who travels to new places and discovers new things. ✓
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- Why did early explorers decide to make boats from tree trunks?
- So they could travel across water ✓
- To use up leftover wood
- To learn new skills
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- What is a canoe?
- a type of car
- a type of boat ✓
- a type of bike
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- Which adjective describes a tree trunk after it is made into a canoe?
- hollow ✓
- sharp
- soft
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- Why did early explorers move around? Select all the correct answers.
- To find safety ✓
- To find food ✓
- To find space to play
- To visit friends
- To find water ✓
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Key learning points
- Explorers often travel to places that are unknown to them.
- Humans have always moved around and explored new places.
- Humans explored to find new places to live, new survival essentials, or to escape danger.
- Some early explorers used very early types of boats like the hollowed out Pesse Canoe.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that explorers always use a map.
Early explorers did not have maps. They often used natural features to navigate by such as rivers.
Keywords
Explorer - an explorer is a person who travels to a place they have never been before
Hollow - early boats were hollow because they had an empty space inside them
Canoe - a canoe is a narrow boat that is used with a paddle
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