happened in Ancient Times. Much that we know was learned first by the
Greeks or Romans who lived in Ancient Times.

It is in the Middle Ages that we first hear of peoples called
Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Dutchmen, Italians, Spaniards, and
many others now living in Great Britain and on the Continent of
Europe. We shall learn first of the Greeks and Romans and of what they
knew and succeeded in doing, and then shall find out how these things
were learned by the peoples of the Middle Ages and what they added to
them. This will help us to find out what our forefathers started with
when they came to live in America.


QUESTIONS

1. What does the emigrant from Europe bring to America besides his
baggage?

2. Why are all Americans emigrants?

3. What did the earliest emigrants from Europe to America bring with
them?

4. Which do you think the more useful invention--the telephone or
the art of writing? Who invented this art? Find Egypt on the map.
How did Egyptian writing look?

5. Why was it a help to Columbus that gunpowder and guns were
invented before he discovered America?