Motives of Exploration
What religion did some explorers bring to North America?
Christianity
What was one countries that explorers claimed land for in the Americas that we read about?
France, Spain, England, or Portugal
What country did Columbus come from?
Italy, sponsored by Portugal
Who owned the Americas before European explorers started coming?
Native Americans
What continent were many early explorers trying to find instead of the Americas?
Asia (East Indies)
How were explorers able to help with designing maps?
Since they experienced the routes they could create maps out of them
Who was an explorer looking for the Northwest Passage?
Jacques Cartier or Henry Hudson
Was Christopher Columbus the first European in America?
No, Leif Erikson
What did explorers want to get a lot of?
gold, silver, and money
How did Native Americans get killed off by diseases?
Europeans brought them over through their trade routes. Since Native Americans weren't used to them, they because contagious and it spread quickly.
Why did so many explorers want to go to Asia?
For the silk and spices
What was one negative impact of European exploration?
diseases, taking over land, slavery, killing, forced culture
What would explorers want more land for the countries that sponsor them?
More land meant more wealth and power
Why did European explore mistreat and kill Native Americans?
They were used as slaved because they were free labor. They wanted their land and wealth.
Why is Christopher Columbus important to many explorers?
He led many people in Europe wanting to explore the Americas
How were Native Americans used by Europeans?
slavery
How did Native Americans get to be called Indians?
Columbus thought he was in India and started calling them that.
What is called when explorers start a new settlement in a new continent?
colony
Who were five of the eight explorers our book talked about?
Christopher Columbus, John Cobat, Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernan Cortes, Jacques Cartier, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Henry Hudson, or Robert de la Salle
Europeans started bringing over another group of people as slaves. Who were they?
Africans