Causes
What were the three CAUSES for exploring?
God, Gold, & Glory
List one effect of exploration
Amanda has to make a choice between chocolate or vanilla ice cream. She chooses chocolate. What was her opportunity cost?
Vanilla ice cream
If you have to make a choice, there's always something tossed. The most important thing to go is your opportunity cost.
The trees in this Native American region were scarce.
Great Plains
Social Studies Textbook - is that a primary or secondary source?
SECONDARY SOURCE
Columbus went on a voyage to be known for finding the Northwest Passage. What was his motive for exploring?
GLORY
What was an effect from Christopher Columbus' voyage?
Natives were mistreated and killed
Explorers set sail to find new land and left their families behind. What was their opportunity cost?
Leaving their families
Plains
Arrowhead from the Native Americans - is that a primary or secondary source?
PRIMARY SOURCE
John Cabot set sail to claim land for his country. What was his cause for traveling? GOD, GOLD, OR GLORY
GLORY
John Cabot found new land for England. What was his effect from exploring?
Claiming land
Playing outside with her friends (the option she TOSSED)
This region was hot and dry, and they had homes made from adobe clay.
Southwest Region
A journal from Abraham Lincoln - primary or secondary source?
PRIMARY SOURCE
GOLD - find riches
Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec tribe and took Mexico for Spain . What was his effect from exploring?
Mistreating Native Americans AND claiming land
Kim had to make a choice between a trip to Florida or a trip to New York. She decided to go to Florida. What was her opportunity cost?
A trip to New York
What direction is Indiana to Kentucky?
North
An article about Columbus Day - primary or secondary source?
SECONDARY SOURCE
Conquers went to a new land explaining their religion to those that lived there in hopes that they would believe. What was their cause for exploring?
GOD - to spread their religion
In 1513, Ponce de León set sail. After a month, he reached a coast with palm trees, sweet smelling flowers, and beautiful birds. He landed on the Catholic feast day called Easter of Flowers, or Pascua Florida in Spanish. Ponce de León named the land Florida and claimed it for Spain. What was his effect from exploring?
Land was claimed
When Josh paid for his friend's lunch, he gave up the possibility of getting a pack of candy with his extra money. What was his opportunity cost?
Getting a pack of candy
This Native American region includes Florida. It has swampy land and the shelters they built were 3 feet above ground to protect them from the swampy ground.
Southeast Region
What was the name of the shortcut from EUROPE to ASIA that explorers were looking for?
The Northwest Passage