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.