Chapter 3 European Exploration - Spanish Voyages

MS Chapter 3 European Exploration

Spanish Voyages

Ms. Winters

Background Information

​By the late 15th century Europe was in the midst of the Renaissance, the cultural rebirth that had followed the Middle Ages. This same period was also the Age of Encounter, a time when explorers from Italy, Spain, Portugal, and England set out to find easier trade routes to China and India.

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This time of exploration was led by such navigators as Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Vasco de Gama, Amerigo Vespucci, Ferdinand Magellan, and Francis Drake. These men believed they were the first Europeans to encounter the New World, though historians have since shown that the Vikings reached the continent nearly 500 years earlier. These voyages during the Age of Encounter produced contact with native peoples that would prove to have devastating effects on these populations, and connected various countries in ways that would transform the world.

Multiple Select

According to the video, what were a few of the motivations for Spanish explorations.

• friendships

• wealth

• power

• exploration

Multiple Choice

In the video, Christopher Columbus in 1492 sailed from Spain in search of trade routes to

• South America

• France

• North America

• Asia

Multiple Choice

What country did he actual land and claimed it for Spain.

• Asia

• Caribbean

• Jamaica

• North America

Multiple Choice

Columbus travel to the West Indies and encountered natives which he called

• Seminoles

• Indians

• Sioux

• Hispaniola

Multiple Choice

According to the video, Juan Ponce de Lean is known for landing in

• Mexico

• Florida

• Caribbean

• Asia

Multiple Choice

Ferdinand Milligan was the first to see the

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Artic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

Multiple Choice

Ferdinand was also responsible for spreading _______

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Muslim

• Mormon

Poll

How was your weekend?

• good

• bad

• boring

• the same

Poll

How are you feeling today?

• good

• bad

• sad

• I don't know

Open Ended

In light of the upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving, in a few sentences, tell me "what are you thankful for"