Exploration MMW Review

Why did people explore at that moment in history? Crusades – holy wars, spread ideas/goods Renaissance – rebirth of art and learning Technology – made it easier to travel and spread ideas Religious – stand up for Christianity Economic Motives – need direct trade routes Developed Nation States – consolidate money into one power, depended on trade to bring in revenues

Why did people explore? GLORY – to gain respect and power for their country GOLD – to gain material wealth and riches from the new land GOD – to spread Christianity

Who were major explorers? Christopher Columbus – Americas Nunez de Balboa – Pacific Ocean Ferdinand Magellan – Circumnavigation Vasco DeGama – rounded Africa Henry Hudson – NY Harbor, Northeast Cartier – St. Lawerence River, Canada Giovanni da Verrazano – Northwest Passage but NY Harbor

Which countries explored? Spain – Central/South America, Conquistadors, Gold/Silver, Encomienda system France – North America, traders English – North America, Jamestown, Plymouth

What was the relationship between the Americas, Europe and Africa? Columbian Exchange – the exchange of cultures, foods, ideas, people and animals Triangle Trade – the exchange of goods from one location to another

Sugar, Tobacco, Fur Cotton Manufactured Goods Slaves, Gold

What is the relationship between the Natives and the Settlers? Enslavement Disease Rigid Class Structures