Exploration: Motivations, Obstacles and Accomplishments

To find gold and valuable natural resources.

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

Improved navigational tools and ships

• Motivation

• Obstacle

• Accomplishment

Poor maps and navigational tools

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

Spread Christianity

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

Disease and starvation

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

Fear of the unknown

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

competition with other countries

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

Claimed territories for their country

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

Exchanged goods and ideas with other cultures

• motivation

• obstacle

• accomplishment

Lack of adequate supplies

• motiation

• obstacles

• accomplishment