Exploration Motivation
This phrase sums up explorers’ main motivations: God, Gold, and _____.
What is gold?
He tried to sail west to reach Asia but landed in the Bahamas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Columbian Exchange involved the movement of goods and ideas between these three regions.
What are Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
In 1588, this country destroyed the Spanish Armada.
Many Native Americans died from this cause after Europeans arrived.
What is disease?
Europeans explored to spread this religion.
What is Christianity?
Viking explorer who reached North America around the year 1000.
Who is Leif Eriksson?
One crop that traveled from the Americas to Europe.
What is corn, potatoes, or tomatoes?
The Northwest Passage was a supposed shortcut to this continent.
What is Asia?
The Spanish often forced Native Americans to work and convert to this.
What is Christianity?
This Portuguese prince started a school to teach navigation and mapmaking.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
He conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
One animal that traveled from Europe to the Americas.
What is the horse, cow, or pig?
Name one tool that helped explorers navigate.
What is a compass or astrolabe?
European nations gained these from colonization.
What are wealth and power (or colonies)?
Europeans wanted new routes to Asia to trade for these valuable goods.
He conquered the Inca Empire in South America.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
One negative result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is the spread of disease to Native Americans?
This type of ship was built to travel faster and farther during exploration.
What is a caravel?
Columbus’s voyages started this global exchange of goods and ideas.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The desire to explore began in this century.
What are the 1400s?
His crew was the first to sail all the way around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
One positive result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is new foods and animals improving diets and increasing populations?
Bartolomeu Dias reached this geographic point on his way to Asia.
What is the southern tip of Africa?
Name one way exploration changed Europe’s economy.
What is increased trade, new markets, or wealth from colonies?