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HSS-5.2.2 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-5.2.2
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 5
Course: United States History and Geography: Making a New Nation, Grade 5

Overarching Standard:
HSS-5.2 Students trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas.

Standard:
Explain the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of the explorers, sponsors, and leaders of key European expeditions and the reasons Europeans chose to explore and colonize the world (e.g., the Spanish Reconquista, the Protestant Reformation, the Counter Reformation).

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