Unit 2 Standards 4.4 Trace the routes of early explorers and describe the early explorations of the Americas 4.5 Analyze the impact of exploration and settlement on the indigenous peoples and the environment 4.6 Create a graphic organizer identifying the five different countries (France, Spain, Portugal, England, and the Netherlands) that influenced different regions of the present United States at the time the New World was being explored, and describe how their influence can be traced to place names.