European Exploration

What were the 3 reasons for European Exploration?

• Power, Territories and Silver

• Gold, Glory and God

• Ships, Trade and Sugar

• Foods, Territory and Slaves

What did Christopher Columbus believe he could do?

• Sail west to get to China and India

• Sail around Africa to get to India

• Create new towns with the Native Americans

• Build his own ships

What was the name for Spanish soldiers who traveled to America to colonize it?

• Spaniards

• Columbians

• Conquistadors

• Explorations

What did Ferdinand Magellan's crew accomplish?

• sailing around the tip of Africa to India

• circumnavigating the world

• finding the New World

• discovering Florida

What is explorer Ponce De Leon known for?

• sailing around the tip of Africa to India

• circumnavigating the world

• finding the New World

• discovering Florida

What was the water route above North America many European countries wanted to find?

• Southern Passage

• European Route

• Asia Passage

• Northwest Passage

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• the transfer of slaves from the Northern to Southern Hemispheres

• the transfer of food between European countries

• the transfer of living things (plants, animals and people) between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• the trade from Asia to Europe along the silk road

What was the major negative effect of European Exploration and trade?

• diseases brought by Europeans killed around 90% of the Native Americans

• slaves were given their freedom

• 80% of the food being traded spoiled

• many Native Americans moved to Europe

How did Spain treat the Native Americans?

• they partnered with them in trade

• they were violent and took land and gold by force

• they bought land from them

• they ignored them and only took land that was not occupied

Spanish explorers like Ponce De Leon and Columbus brought priests with them to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.

• True

• False