European Exploration Review

Check all the reasons European explored

• Gold

• Gnomes

• God

• Glory

Marco Polo traveled to Asia because he desired to

• Learn about the different cultures in Asia

• Study the government system of the Chinese

• Gain inspiration to write a novel to become wealthy

• Make money by selling things he brought back from his trip

One result of Marco Polo’s travels was that -

• Other missionaries traveled to Asia to spread the Christian religion

• Other people wanted to travel to Asia and back to become wealthy

• The government of Italy was restructured according to the Chinese government system

• Writers began traveling to Asia to become inspired to write books

Europeans desired to find a water way to Asia because -

• Many thieves were found along the land routes

• A ship sailed smoother than a wagon was pulled across land

• You could travel faster by water than by land

• Ships were easier to construct than wagons

European countries were motivated to explore because of -

• Gold, God, and Glory

• Politics, science, and gold

• Fame, art, and science

• Riches, politics, and art

An astrolabe was beneficial to sailors because it -

• Allowed the ship to sail into the wind

• Used the stars to help identify the sailors location

• Prevented water from leaking into the ship

• Was a valuable metal that could be traded to natives in exchange for valuable supplies

A ship called the caravel was important to explorers because it-

• Could hold many cannons

• was made of wood that would not leak

• could sail into the wind

• transported cows and goats so the sailors could eat meat

The goal of Columbus sailing west was to -

• reach Asia and become wealthy

• prove that the world was round

• convert natives in the Americas to Christianity

• become the first explorer to sail around the southern tip of Africa

Columbus landing in the America’s is so important because -

• he was the first person to ever set foot on that land

• it led to the discovery of gold, which Europeans had never seen before

• all the natives in the Americas became Christian

• Europeans did not know that the continents of North and South America existed

The exchange of animals, food, and dieses

• Great Transfer

• Stock Exchange

• Global Market

• Columbian Exchange