European Exploration

What lasting effects did European exploration and colonization have on the Western Hemisphere?

• agricultural practices and products

• languages

• religions

• subjects taught in school

• place names

Which of the following was NOT a motive for exploration?

• spread Christianity

• help other nations

• build bigger empires

• collect items for trade

Gold, God, and Glory ....

• Reasons to explore North America

• Reasons to explore route to Asia

• Effects of slavery on Native Americans

• Effects of European exploration

Check all of the effects from European explorers discovery of the Americas and the discovery of abundant resources.

• European countries establish colonies in the Americas.

• Agriculture becomes important to the economic success in the Americas.

• Europeans bring their agricultural practices and products to the Americas.

• Large scale farming and domesticated animals are agricultural practices that continue in America today.

Which of the following were goals of the Spanish once they found the New World? (CHOOSE 3.) *Remember the 3 G's.

• to search for gold and riches

• to spread the Christian religion

• to meet the new native people

• to claim new lands

• to find a faster sea route to Asia

What was an achievement of European explorers?

• claiming new territories

• exchanging goods

• better ships and navigational tools

• All of the these

Word connected to looking for or searching -

• Sponsoring

• Navigating

• Colonizing

• Exploring

What was the most important resource explorers were hoping to find in the new world?

• silk

• corn

• gold

• Native Americans

Which Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztecs?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando Cortes

• Hernando de Soto

• Francisco Coronado

Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to America?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Portugal