USI.4 Exploration & Interaction

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• Entertainment

• Searching for cures to illnesses related to the black plague

• Adventure

• Religious—Spread of Christianity

Tools such as this one were used to —

• improve military weapons

• aid African agriculture

• find natural resources

• aid European exploration

Choose ALL: What were the motivations for exploration?

• Fear of the unknown

• Spread of Christianity

• Belief in superiority of own culture

• Lack of adequate supplies

• Natural resources and trade

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• Discovered cures for the black plague and other diseases

• Set up a trade route with the Far East via waterways

• Found an abundance of diamonds and gold to bring back to the ruling families

• Improved navigational tools and ships

All were obstacles faced by the explorers EXCEPT —

• lack of supplies

• poor navigational tools

• disease

• trade

Who made voyages of discovery along West Africa?

• Spanish

• Italian

• Portuguese

• French

What replaces the question mark?

• Empires in South Asia

• Empires in North America

• Empires in Western Africa

• Empires in South America

Which river impacted the daily lives of the people of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires?

• 2

• 3

• 1

• 4

Who explored the area indicated by the number 2?

• Coronado

• Champlain

• Cabot

• La Salle

Robert La Salle claimed the Mississippi River Valley for —

• Portugal

• France

• Spain

• England