Open a textbook to page 27 and quietly read,
“One European’s Story”
Discuss with your partner what “weaknesses” the Aztec Empire
might have had. What advantages or strengths do you think the
Spanish had?
Ch. 2.1 European Exploration
Using your textbook, place the following information in the correct
position of the web diagram. List the page number where you read
this information.
Find western
water route to
Asia
(Columbus)
Balboa claims
the Pacific for
Spain
Expand empires
Increase wealth
Magellan (his
crew) sails
around the world
Spanish & Portuguese
increase exploration of
the world
Ch. 2.1 European Exploration
Reasons for
Exploration
Exploring the
Americas
1.
5. Spread Christianity
Shortcuts to Asia
via the Horn of Africa
6.
2.
7.
European
Exploration
Dividing Up
the World
3. Treaty of Tordesillas
4.
Exploring
New Lands
8. Vespucci – “America”
9.
10
.
Ch. 2.1 European Exploration
Reasons for
Exploration
Exploring the
Americas
1.
2.
5. Spread Christianity
Shortcuts to Asia
via the Horn of Africa
Western water route
to Asia
(Columbus)
Dividing Up
the World
3. Treaty of Tordesillas
4. Spanish & Portuguese
increase exploration
6. Expand empires
7. Increase wealth
(mercantilism)
European
Exploration
Exploring
New Lands
8. Vespucci – “America”
9.
Balboa – claimed Pacific
for Spain
10 Magellan – crew
. sailed around world
Complete Target sheet – rate your
understanding then show me evidence
Did Christopher Columbus really
“discover” America?
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/exploration-of-north-america
Begin Ch.2 vocabulary