Do we still explore today?
Where?
Why?
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Ocean?
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Space?
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What problems do we face?
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• So why do we still explore?
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Explore The New World
Why did they go exploring over 600
years ago?
Where did they go?
What obstacles did they face?
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Motivations, Obstacles, &
Accomplishments of
European Exploration
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Motivating forces =
Reasons to explore
• Economic (gold, natural resources, trade)
• Religious (spread Christianity)
• Competitions for empire (I have more
stuff!!)
• *3 Gs – gold, glory, God
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Obstacles to Exploration
• Poor maps and tools
• Disease
• Starvation
• Fear of unknown
• Lack of adequate supplies
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North America 1540
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North America 1562
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Accomplishments of exploration?
• Exchange goods and ideas
• Improve navigational tools and
ships
• Claimed territories (Mine, Mine,
Mine!!)
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Q: What regions of North
America were explored
and settled by France,
England, and Spain?
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Where did
they explore?
How did
they interact
with
Indians?
(Page 55)
Name of
Explorer
Goals – 3Gs
Where are
they from?
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Coronado – Page 57
Cabot – Page 58
Champlain – Page 59
LaSalle – Page 59
• Cultural Interactions –
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Spain
• Explorer: Francisco Coronado
• Area Explored: Southwest United States
• Interactions: Conquered and enslaved
Native Americans, brought Christianity,
spread diseases
• Reasons: Gold, God, Glory
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Coronado
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France
• Explorer: Samuel de Champlain
• Area Explored: Quebec Canada
• Interaction: Established trading posts;
Spread Christianity
• Motivation: Gold, God
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Champlain
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France
• Explorer: Robert La Salle
• Area Explored: Mississippi River Valley
• Interaction: Established trading posts; Spread
Christian religion
• Motivation: Gold, God
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Robert la Salle
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England
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Explorer: John Cabot
Area Explored: Eastern Canada
Interaction: Claimed land;
Learned farming techniques from
American Indians; trade
• Motivation: Economic (Gold)
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John Cabot
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Regions Explored by
Portugal
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What regions were explored by
Portugal?
• Area Explored: West Africa located south of the Sahara
Desert near the Niger River
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Interaction: Traded metals, cloth, and other manufactured
goods for GOLD (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai- controlled
trade)
Motivation: Interest in world resources 300-1600 AD
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Remember!!!
• European explorers were usually out for
the Three G’s:
• Gold!
• God!
• Glory!
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Exploration Crossword
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Do Now - Quiz
Directions – Name the country, area they
explored, and goals next to the explorers.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Coronado
LaSalle
Cabot
Champlain
Portugal
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Cultural Interaction
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Spanish
Conquered and enslaved Indians
Brought Christianity
Brought diseases
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Cultural Interaction
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English
Claimed land
Learned farming techniques
Traded with Indians
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Cultural Interaction
• French
• Established trading posts
• Spread Christianity
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Conflict and Cooperation
Conflict
Cooperation
• Believed land was to
be shared or used
but not owned
• Competition for
Trade
• Different cultures
• Disease
• Different language
• Weapons and metal
farm tools
• Trade
• Crops
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