Unit 1 Topic 1: Exploration of North America

Which country does this describe?

Motivations: Wealth, new trade routes, and spread Christianity

Achievements: Pioneer in global exploration and claimed present-day Brazil

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

• English

Which country does this describe?

Motivations: Wealth, new trade routes, and spread Christianity

Achievements: Established New France and Quebec City, set-up fur trade and fishing, established many settlements and forts throughout their territories including Quebec, Montreal, Detroit, and New Orleans

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

• English

Which country does this describe?

Motivations: Wealth

Achievements: Established trade routes and settled New Holland (which is present day New York)

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

• English

Which country does this describe?

Motivations: Wealth and Northwest Passage

Achievements: Settled the Atlantic Coast of present-day United States

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• French

• Dutch

• English

What were the achievements of the Spanish?

• first to send explorers to America and their first permanent settlement was in St. Augustine, FL

• Forced other countries to eat to explore

• claimed much of South America, Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, and the Southwest and Pacific coast of the US

• gained gold and silver

• claimed present day Brazil

What were European explorers hoping to find in North America?

• gold

• other valuable natural resources

• shortcut to Asia

• established trade routes

Why did European explorers want to find a shortcut to Asia?

• global travel was expensive

• it would allow more efficient travel and greater profits

• They wanted to see a panda bear

• They were looking for food.

Why do you think the explorers carefully mapped the regions that they discovered?

• The maps were valuable for explorers who came after them.

• The maps gave them something to look at to see what land they were claiming for their countries.

• They wanted to make sure the maps matched the land.

• They wanted to be able identify tribes in the area.

Which Spanish explorers did this?

Explored the Caribbean Islands (he thought he was in the East Indies).

Accomplishments: Set up settlements for Spain and documented many new plants, animals, and weather patterns

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

• Hernando de Soto

Which Spanish explorers did this?

Explored the southern tip of South America to the Pacific Ocean

Accomplishments: First to discover the Pacific Ocean, set up settlement in South America

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

• Hernando de Soto