QR Challenge: Age of Exploration

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1.___________________________ means to sail around the world	circumnavigate.
2. 2.Two advantages that the Spanish had over the Natives were:new diseases and new ________________	weapons.
3. 3.The disease that had the biggest impact on the New World was	smallpox
4. 4.Most slaves came from what continent?	Africa.
5. 5.The British imported most of their slaves to what continent?	North America.
6. 6.The greatest number of slaves were taken to _______________.	Brazil
7. 7.T/F: The slave ships were known to have horrible conditions and were dangerous places to be.	True
8. 8.The drastic decrease in the Native American population between 1492-1600 was mainly caused by	disease.
9. 9.___________________ was the first successful permanent English colony in the New World.	Jamestown.
10. 10._________________ was the cash crop that made England’s colonies profitable.	Tobacco.
11. 11.All of the following are ways that culture is transferred from one society to another EXCEPT:spread religion, learn a new language, try new foods, spread disease.	Spread disease.
12. 12.One of the most lasting impacts of the Age of Exploration to today’s world is the __________________ that is used in Canada, United States, Mexico all reflect the _________________ of the country that claimed the land (Same word will fill BOTH lines.)	language.
13. 13.T/F: an immediate result of the European Age of Exploration is the sharing of Islamic culture across Africa and Asia.	False
14. 14.The three goals of exploration were: God, Glory, and ________________	Gold.
15. 15.As a result of the Age of Exploration and the settlement in the New World many people _________________________ from Europe and Asia to the Americas.	migrated.
16. 16.The influence of African culture on some areas in the Americas is a result of the	Slave Trade.
17. 17.Why did the Europeans need to find more workers in North and South America?	Diseases killed the Natives.
18. 18.Colonies were created to make a __________________ for their “mother” country	profit.
19. 19.What term expresses the sharing of goods, ideas, diseases, and culture from the Old World to the New World?	Columbian Exchange.
20. 20.______________________ refers to the movement of goods and people from Africa to Europe to the Americas.	Triangular Trade
21. 21.Natives did not believe in having	private property.
22. 22.During the ______________________ many colonists were forced to eat unique foods in order to stay alive.	Starving Time.

 

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