Motivations
First country to start the exploration
What is Portugal?
This is one positive result that came from the Age of Exploration.
(answers vary)
This person explored the east coast of what is now Canada and the United States.
Who is Cabot?
Name three European countries involved in the Age of Exploration.
Portugal, Spain, France, England, and Holland (the Netherlands)
Name two of the obstacles to the Age of Exploration.
What are poor maps, poor navigation tools, the fear of the unknown, a lack of supplies, disease, and starvation?
The three motivations for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration
To find gold, explore (find new trade routes) and spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
Which of the nations that explored North America set up trading posts?
What is the French?
This person traveled the entire length of the Mississippi River on a canoe.
Who is La Salle?
Which European country established trade with West Africa?
Portugal
Of the European nations that settled in North America, this one enslaved Native Americans.
Who were the Spanish?
Wanting to find gold, wanting to find natural resources, and wanting trading partners were all what kind of motivation for exploration?
What is economic?
What is Europeans sharing Christianity with Native Americans OR Native Americans sharing farming techniques with Europeans?
This person claimed the Southwestern part of what is now the United States for Spain.
Who is Coronado?
In the area that is now the United States, this country mainly settled on the west coast and Florida.
What is 'Spain'?
Cultural differences: did this mostly create conflict in the Age of Exploration, or did it mostly lead to cooperation?
What is conflict?
Aside from finding gold, these were two other ways countries and individuals expanded their wealth through exploration.
(Pick two)
What are finding natural resources, getting land, finding trading partners, etc.
What is something that resulted in conflict when the Europeans interacted with Native Americans?
(answers could vary)
What is the spread of disease, conflict over land, etc.?
This person sailed for France. He established the first French settlement in North America: Quebec.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
This country mainly settled on the east coast of North America.
What is England?
Doing trade with this part of the world helped European countries realize that finding trade and resources in other countries was something that would help them build wealth.
What is West Africa?
This is a nation that has power over lands that are outside of it's normal borders.
What is an empire?
This is one of the goods Europeans traded to the Native Americans.
What are metal tools? (other answers are acceptable)
This person was hired by the King and Queen of Spain to try to find an all-water route to Asia (the "West Indies") but landed in the Caribbean instead.
Who is 'Christopher Columbus'?
This country mainly settled in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley region.
What is France?
Name two of the three West African empires that we studied.
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?