Motivations
These were the 3 motivations for exploration.
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
This was a possible obstacle for European exploration:
Answers can vary, must list one of the following:
1. Fear of the unknown
2. Poor maps and navigational tools
3. Disease and starvation
4. Lack of adequate supplies
This was an accomplishment of European exploration.
Answers may vary, must be one of the following:
1. Exchanged goods and ideas
2. Improved ships and navigational tools
3. Claimed territories
This nation explored West Africa and traded gold and slaves.
What is Portugal?
This devastated Indigenous populations after the arrival of the Europeans.
This motivation meant Europeans wanted to spread religion.
What is God?
This obstacle killed many explorers before they could return home.
What is disease and starvation?
Europeans spread religion as they explored new territories, which falls under this motivation:
What is God?
This nation conquered and enslaved Indigenous peoples, brought Christianity, and claimed land in South and Central America.
What is Spain?
This is one example of cooperation between Indigenous Tribes and Europeans.
Answers will vary, must be one of the following:
1. Europeans brought weapons and metal tools
2. Trade between Europeans and Indigenous peoples
3. Indigenous peoples introducing new crops and farming techniques
This motivation meant Europeans wanted to find wealth, riches, and new trading partners.
What is Gold?
This obstacle caused Europeans to struggle to navigate through the new land?
What is poor maps and navigational tools?
Europeans claimed territories as they expanded, which falls under this motivation:
What is Glory?
This nation established trading posts, spread Christianity, and maintained cooperative relationships with Indigenous peoples.
What is France?
This is an example of what Europeans introduced to Indigenous Tribes:
This motivation meant European nations believed in the superiority of their own culture and wanted to expand their empire.
What is Glory?
What is lack of adequate supplies.
Explorers made improvements on these items, making future exploration easier.
What are ships and navigational tools?
This nation established settlements and claimed ownership of land, learned farming techniques, and traded with Indigenous groups.
What is England?
This is an example of a conflict between Europeans and Indigenous Tribes:
Answers will vary, must be one of the following:
1. Conflict over land (belief in land ownership)
2. Enslavement and forced labor (particularly by the Spanish)
3. Diseases
4. Competition for trade
5. Cultural differences and language barriers
This is the definition of motivation.
What is a force, reason, or influence that causes someone to do something.
Answer must be similar to the definition above.
This is the definition of an obstacle:
Answer must be similar to the definition above.
Trade was expanded as a result of exploration, which would fall under this motivation:
What is Gold
This nation established settlements and trade along the Hudson River (then called New Amsterdam).
What is the Netherlands (Dutch)?
Name one impact that European colonization had on Indigenous Tribes and their culture.
Answers will vary, must be one of the following:
1. Loss of land and resources
2. Changes to their traditional ways of life
3. Populations decline due to disease and conflict
4. Some groups allied with European powers against rival Indigenous tribes