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What are the 3 main reaosns for exploration?
Economic
Religious
Competition
What are the major obstacles to exploration?
Poor maps
Poor navigational tools
Disease
Starvation
Fear of the unknown
Lack of adequate supplies
List the accomplishments of the age of exploration.
Exchanged goods and ideas
Improved navigational tools and ships
Claimed territories
Name the country that Fransisco Coronado explored for.
Spain
Samuel de Champlain and robert La Salle explored for this country.
France
What country did John Cabot explore for?
England
Where did the Portugese explore?
The west coast of Africa
List the regions that each explorer went to.
Fransisco Coronado -
Samuel de Champlain -
Robert La Salle -
John Cabot -
Fransisco Coronado - Southwest United States
Samuel de Champlain - Quebec
Robert La Salle - Mississippi River Valley
John Cabot - Eastern Canada
Describe what American Indians taught Eropean settlers.
Farming techniques
Belived that land was to be shared or used but not owned
Which country was able to establish trading posts and spread the Christian religion?
France
Spanish explorers were great conquerors, who did they conquer? What did they bring to the New World?
Enslaved Americans, brought Christianity and European diseases
What did the English achieve through exploration?
Established settlements
Claimed ownership of land
Learned farming techniques from American Indians
Traded with American Indians
What were the areas of cooperation between explorers and native people in economic interactions?
Europeans brought in weapons and metal farm tools
Trade
Crops
What were some areas of conflict between explorers and native people in economic interactions?
Land
Competition for trade
Differences in cultures
Disease
Language difference
What did Ghana, Mali and Songhai do?
Dominated West Africa one after the other from around 300 - 1600 B.C.
What river is near Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
The Niger River
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai are all located where?
Western region of Africa, south of the Sahara Desert, near the Niger River
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History - European Exploration
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History - European Exploration SOL Review
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