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Unit 2 Europe's Expl
Europe's Exploration Study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The French's Interest in the settlement of Quebec was based on the desire to | profit from the fur trade. |
| Geography influences where Europeans settled and what they did for a living. How did the abundance of rivers in Europe influence Exploration and Colonization? | Rivers make markets available |
| Need for natural resources, desire to spread the Christian religion, overcrowded cities, desire for more wealth, desire for more trading partners What is most likely result of this list? | Resasons that Europeans Explored |
| Prince Henry “the Navigator” of Portugal gained his famous nickname because he.... | Prince Henry the Navigator started a navigational school, funded expeditions, and made advances in cartography. |
| What does cartography mean? | map making |
| At its height, it was said that “the Sun never sets on the British Empire.” What is the BEST explanation for this saying? | Britain controlled land across the globe. |
| When Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean, he called the people living there “Indians.” Where did he think he had landed? | India |
| The Caribbean became England’s most important colonies due to ________ __________. | sugar plantations |
| Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City in present-day _____________. | Quebec |
| Christopher Columbus was important because after his trip, more Europeans traveled to the _____________________. | The New World known as America |
| During European Exploration, Europeans wanted to do what 3 things? | spread religion, gain territory, and get rich. |
| __________________ increased Spanish landholdings by conquering empires like the Aztecs & Incas. | conquistadors |
| What does Conquistador mean? | Spanish conqueror |
| The ___________ explored in order to gain more land, more wealth, more power, and to break the Portuguese trade monopoly in Southeast Asia. | The Dutch wanted to break the Portugues trade monopoly in SE Asia |
| Who coordinated the mathematical and navigational learning of Portugal? | Prince Henry the Navigator |
| It was often said that “The sun never sets on the ________ Empire” because it was so big that the sun was always shining on at least one of its many colonies. | British |
| ___________ was built as a fur trading post. | Quebec |
| The three goals of Spanish Exploration are God, ________, and Gold. | Glory |
| Four ______________ advances that made exploration easier were the compass, the astrolabe, the cross-staff, and the caravel. | technological |
| Dutch explorers include both Henry Hudson and _________________. | Peter Minuit |
| In 1607, ___________ became England’s first colony. | Jamestown |
| The reasons for Dutch exploration were more __________ and more wealth and power. | land |
| One of the results of ________________ exploration was that they discovered an eastern route to India (around the Cape of Good Hope). | Portuguese |
| ___________________ was an Italian navigator, colonizer and explorer. | Christopher Columbus |
| Portugal was an ideal country to begin exploration because of its long _____________ and many rivers flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. | shoreline |
| What creates many of Europe’s national country borders? | Its physical features such as mountains, rivers, and shorelines |
| Define Columbian Exchange | An exchange of people, animals, plants, and diseases between the two hemispheres (western and eastern; Old World and New World) |
| Why did the Portuguese start sailing along the African coast | They were seeking new routes to spice trade in Asia |
| What country was Prince Henry from | Portugal |
| What were the three contributions Prince Henry made to exploration | -Coordinated the mathematical and navigational learning of Portugal (started a school) -emphasized imperial expansion -ordered the first Portuguese expeditions to the Canary Islands and African coast |
| What was the first European country to engage in the slave trade | Portugal |
| What were the three main reasons for exploration | Gold (natural resources), God (spread religion), and glory (personal fame) |
| Who were the main competitors in the 1600s for colonies | Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, France, Netherlands |
| What were Spanish conquerors called | |
| Who was Spain's early rival in establishing colonies | Portugal |
| What country controlled much of North America, from San Francisco to Panama | Spain |
| What country controlled western and southern South America | Spain |
| What country controlled Brazil | Portugal |
| What country controlled most of Africa's coast | |
| What country controlled the Spice Islands (Indonesia) | Netherlands |
| What country controlled most of the Atlantic coast of North America | Great Britain |
| What country controlled the shores of Hudson Bay | Great Britain |
| What country controlled North America from the St Lawrence River to New Orleans | France |
| What are the four categories of items the Europeans brought to the Americas as part of the Columbian Exchange | Farm animals, crops, diseases, slaves |
| What did the Europeans bring to the Americas that Helped native Americans with labor, hunting, and transportation | Horses |
| What are three items the Europeans took back to Europe from the Americas | Potatoes, corn, tobacco |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Founded a school for navigation. He was Portuguese |
| Motives of exploration | GOD, GOLD, GLORY the three driving forces behind European exploration in North America: to spread religion, find riches, & achieve fame or power |
| What was the European's motivation to find new route to Asia? | spice trade - cinnamon was more expensive than gold |
| Having new land improved _____________ and ____________ | a nation's economic strength and influence |
| cartographer | a mapmaker --a person who drew maps of newly explored areas based on information brought back by captains and crews |
| What is economic strength? | Having economic power, financial strength, having substantial productive resources. |
| Why were spices in high demand in Europe? | Spices preserved food an improve its flavor (examples: pepper, cinnamon, cloves). They were located in Asia and explorers were looking for a new, shorter route. Also, used for religious and medical purposes. |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to Asia(1451-1506) |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world. |
| Vasco de Gama | Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail from Europe to India (1497)--w/ four ships he sailed around the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa), opening a trade route still used today. |
| mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought |
| East India Company | An English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia. |
| Samuel de Champlain | The French soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him the title "Father of New France". He founded the colony of Quebec as a trading post in 1608. |
| Incas | The powerful empire discovered (and conquered) in Peru by Spanish explorers. |
| Aztecs | The powerful empire discovered (and conquered) in Mexico by Spanish explorers. |
| John Cabot | English explorer explored Newfoundland |
| Who made it possible to sail around the Southern Tip of Africa? | Prince Henry the Navigator |
| Who sailed around the Southern tip of Africa 10 years after Bartholomeu Dias in 1458? | Vasco da Gama |
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