TN READY EXPLORATION REVIEW

MAIN REASON EUROPEANS STARTED LOOKING FOR A NEW TRADE ROUTE TO ASIA

• Ottoman Turks had taken over the Byzantine Empire on the Black Sea in the East

• Muslim Moors took over Spain in 700s AD/CE

• Marco Polo said the ocean route was better

MAJOR FOCUS OF EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

• to find a new trade route to Asia

• to spread their religion

• to show world power

• mercantilism/wanting raw materials

Motto for the Spanish in their quest to colonize

• God, Gold, and Glory

• Milk, Money, and Mercantilism

• God, Gold, and Gas

Reasons for European Exploration

• Religion, political rivalry, and economic gain

• Religion, peace with rivals, and economic loss

• Religion, inflation, peace treaties

• Religion, political rivalry, and cultural diffusion

Using the picture, what explorer does this represent?

• French explorer Cartier

• English explorer Hudson

• Spanish explorer de Soto

Influenced the settlement of the English and Dutch in the eastern USA and SE Canada

• Henry Hudson

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Cartier of France

• Henry VIII

Portuguese explorer who traveled around West Africa to reach the Cape of Good Hope

• Henry the Navigator

• B Dias

• Vasco da Gama

Portuguese explorer who set up a navigation school and was instrumental in the development of the caravel ship

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Henry V

• Henry IV

• Henry VIII

Portuguese explorer who traveled around West Africa and set up a trading port in West India for the Portuguese

• Vasco da Gama

• Dias

• Prince Henry

• Magellan

Spanish explorer who was the first European to step foot into TN and explored the Southern US and also explored with Cortes.

• Hernando de Soto

• Hernando de Gama

• Magellan

• Columbus