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SS European Exploration Ch 3

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  • What years did Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominate West Africa?
    300 to 1600 A.D. (C.E.)
  • Why did the French explore North America?
    help Indigenous tribes
    bring horses to Indigenous people
    find gunpowder
    increase fur trade
  • _________ explored eastern Canada.
    Spain
    England
    France
  • What did the conquistadors that came to America want to do?
    establish agricultural communities
    learn about the culture of the Aztec people
    trade metal tools with Indigenous nations
    conquer a large empire for Spain
  • ______ explored & claim land in the Americas for Spain.
    Francisco Coronado
  • Which are TWO areas of economic cooperation between American Indians & the Europeans?
    crops & trade
  • Where were Ghana, Mali, and Songhai located?
    South of Sahara, Near Niger River
  • Why did the Spanish sailors bring horses onto their ships?
    so the Spanish could explore long distances
    Indigenous people hunted them
    they brought diseases to the Americas
    they used it to trade for maps with the Indigenous tribes
  • What number should go where the heart is in the Spain section?
    3. Established missions
  • _________ made voyages of discovery to West Africa.
    France
    Portugal
    Spain
  • Which was a motivating force for European exploration of North America?
    spread Christianity
    shut down trading posts
  • Why did European countries send explorers to North America?
    extend power & claim land
  • Why did the Europeans want to explore North America?
    gold/natural resources
    shut down trading posts
  • Which was a motivating force for European exploration of North America?
    shut down trading posts
    competition for empire
  • __________ established the settlement of Quebec?
    Samuel de Champlain
    Robert La Salle
    Francisco Coronado
  • What number should go where the smiley face is in the France section?
    2. Established trading posts
  • What did Robert de La Salle claim?
    Southwest North America
    Mississippi River Valley
    Quebec
    Eastern Canada
  • Who did the Dutch pay to explore and claim waterways in North America?
    Giovanni de Verrazzano
    Hernan Cortes
    Jacques Cartier
    Hendry Hudson
  • Which was NOT an accomplishment of early European exploration?
    Introduction of new European diseases
  • What would be a good title for this book?
    Areas of Conflict in European Exploration
    Trade Routes to West Africa
    Economic Interests in Europe
  • What helped the explorers travel across the sea?
    improved paper maps
    kites to measure distance
    telescopes to calculate the height of the tides
  • Early European explorers did NOT....
    improve navigational tools
    map territories and establish colonies
    exchange goods in trade networks
    claim land for ownership
  • If you left Europe and headed west towards the U.S. you would cross the ______ Ocean.
    Pacific
    Indian
    Arctic
    Atlantic
  • _________ claimed the Mississippi River Valley.
    England
    France
    Spain
  • How did the Europeans contact impact Indigenous populations?
    as the years went by the population went up and down
    as the years went by the population stayed the same
    as the years went by the population improved
    as the years went by the population declined
  • How did Indigenous tribes feel about their land?
    shared or used but not owned
    owned by them
    ruled by a country
    used only by those who owned it
  • Why did Europeans want to explore?
    had fear of the unknown
    they had poor maps and navigational tools
    desire to expand European empires
    spread disease
  • What number should go where the bolt is in the Both section?
    1. Spread Christianity
  • How did Indigenous people help the English and Europeans with their settlements?
    showed them how to hunt
    farming techniques
    gave them salt
    building techniques for log homes
  • What helped the explorers travel across the sea?
    kites to measure distance
    telescopes to calculate the height of the tides
    Astrolabes that made measurements using the stars
  • Salt, Spices, Gold, & Silver were all _________ resources Europeans hoped to find in America.
    Capital
    Human
    Natural
  • Which was an obstacle to European explorers in the New World?
    Lack of adequate supplies
  • __________ conquered the Southwest of the now U.S.
    Spain
    Portugal
    England
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