Studies Weekly Early Explorers Came for Gold, God, and Glory!

What does the title, Gold, God, and Glory mean?

• Explorers were paid to become priests.

• Explorers had to plant crops in the New World in order to get rich.

• Explorers were looking for riches, people to convert to Christianity, and fame.

• Kings and queens would only pay religious explorers if they became famous.

Who was the first European explorer to see, and later die, on the banks of the Mississippi River?

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Henry Hudson

What effect did European exploration have?

• Europeans learned of the beauty and riches of the New World.

• Europeans stopped exploring Asia and Africa.

• Asians stopped exploring North America.

• American Indians left North America.