Motivations for Exploration
This was the original motivation for exploring the world
Name 1 issue explorers faced when traveling
disease, lack of resources, conflict with natives, competition with other countries, natural disasters (storms, temperatures)
How did Natives treat Europeans
Like Gods, nicely, welcoming, sometimes as saviors
Name a famous explorer for Spain
Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, Fransisco Pizzaro, Juan Ponce De Leon
Who was the first European power to sail
Portugal
This was the three G motivations for exploration
God, Glory, and Gold
Name 1 group of Natives that Europeans fought/interacted with...
Aztecs, Taino, Roanoac, Croatoan, Algonquin, Iroquois
How did Europeans treat Natives with 1 example
Badly: Killed them, stole from them, spread disease, took their land
Name a famous explorer for Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco De Game
Who was considered the last European power to sail
France
Colonies
Name 1 theory about what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke
Joined Natives, killed by Natives, blown away by a hurricane, attacked by Spain, settled in a different area
What did the Europeans want to spread and change about the Natives
Religion, culture
Name a famous explorer for France
Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Cartier
What side (old or new world) introduced animals like pigs, cows, horses, and sheep
Old World
Creating a complete one of these was important to explorers (relates to circumnavigation)
A complete map of the world
These two European powers were known for their work of privateering
France and England
Columbian Exchange
Name one famous English individual from the Lost Colony of Roanoke
Richard Grenville, Ralph Lane, Francis Drake, John White
Up to what % of Native Americans were killed in certain parts of the Americas
90%
Name two important crops or products sold/produced once Europeans came to the New World
Sugarcane, Tobacco, Spices (pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg), coffee, cotton, indigo, cacao, and rice
This was the problem area early explorers were afraid to go around
Cape of Good Hope
What was the name of trade between Africa, Europe, and the Americas AND what was the path/passage that slaves were taken along called
Triangular trade and the Middle Passage
Name 1 other country that explored that we did not discuss
Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Denmark
What was considered first date of the Age of Exploration
1415