Transcript Explain the roles of explorers and conquistadors

European Exploration
AKS 39 Analyze the impact of the age of
discovery and expansion into the Americas,
Africa, and Asia
AKS 39a – Explain the roles of explorers and
conquistadors
1. What were Bartolomeu Dias’ three goals for
exploration? (p. 530)
a. To serve God and His Majesty
b. To give light to those who were in the
darkness.
c. Grow rich as all men desire to do.
(Gold)
2. What was the main significance of Vasco
DaGama’s exploration of the East Coast of
Africa and beyond? (p. 532)
Sailors brought back numerous spices,
silks, and gems worth 60 times the cost of
the voyage and it gave Portugal a direct
sea route to Asia.
3. China’s explorations in the early 1400’s were
led by Zheng He. What was unique about his
seven major voyages? (p. 537)
Size, distance traveled, fleet size, and ship
measurements.
Voyages of Zheng He
4. What was Columbus attempting to accomplish
on his voyage in 1492? (p. 553)
He was searching for an alternate westward trade
route to Asia and it’s riches.
Columbus’ Voyages
5. What was the significance of the voyage of
Ferdinand Magellan? How many were able to
complete the voyage?
It was the first voyage to circumnavigate the
globe. Only 18 men and 1 ship survived.
Magellan was killed in the Phillipines.
Voyage of Magellan
What were the accomplishments of the
following explorers? (p. 561)
Verazzano –
Sailed in search of sea route to the Pacific;
discovered what is New York harbor today. Killed
and eaten by Carib Indians in the Lesser Antilles.
Cartier – discovered and named the St.
Lawrence River; founded the site that later
became known as Montreal.
De Champlain – Sailed up the St. Lawrence with
32 colonists; founded Quebec, which became
the base of the colonial empire of France in North
America.
Marquette and Joliet – explored the Great Lakes
and the upper Mississippi.
Joliet
Marquette
AKS 39b – Define the Columbian Exchange
and its global economic and cultural
impact
10. What was the Columbian Exchange and how
did it work? (p. 571)
The global transfer of foods, plants, and
animals during the colonization of the
Americas; ships from the Americas
brought back a wide array of items the
Europeans had never before seen and
Europeans introduced various livestock
animals and foods and grains from Africa.
11. What were the most important products that
traveled from the Americas to the rest of the
world? (p. 571)
Corn and potatoes
12. What were the primary products and animals
that came from Europe and Asia? (p. 571)
Livestock, (horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs),
foods from Africa, (bananas, black-eyed
peas, and yams) and grains, (wheat, rice,
barley, oats)
13. What was the major negative that came out of
the Columbian Exchange? (p. 571)
Diseases such as smallpox, measles, etc.., led
to the deaths of millions of Native
Americans.
AKS 39c – Explain the role of the improved
technology in European exploration
including the astrolabe.
14. How was the new ship design, the caravel,
superior to older designed vessels? (p. 530)
It was more sturdy than earlier vessels.
Triangular sails allowed it to sail effectively
against the wind.