European exploration

European Exploration

by Ms. Robinson

Multiple Select

What are the 3 G's that help us remember the reasons for Spanish exploration?

• Gold

• God

• Glory

• Green

Multiple Select

What AREAS were explored by the Spanish?

• Mexico

• Canada

• Southern United States

• France

​France's Reasons to explore

Gold: Fur and Fish!

Beaver fur to wear and sell

Fish to sell back home in France.

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​God: Spread Christianity in the new world.

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​Glory: Established Trading posts and claimed land for France (Quebec in Canada and the Mississippi River Valley in U.S.)

Multiple Choice

What are two things that contributed to France's "GOLD"?

• Fur and Fish

• Fun and Fur

• Fish and Finding

• Fries and France

Multiple Choice

Which area best describes where France explored

• Mexico

• The Atlantic Ocean

• Middle of the United States

• The western United States

Multiple Choice

For England Gold = money, God = escaping religious persecution. What might have brought England Glory (power)?

• Claiming land for England.

• Claiming that Rome was built in a day.

• Claiming the Atlantic ocean and building land there.

Multiple Choice

Which 2 areas of North America did the English explore?

• The western United States

• The northern United States

• The southern United States

• The eastern United States