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Chapter Introduction
Section 1
A Changing World
Section 2
Early Exploration
Section 3
Spain in America
Section 4
Exploring North America
Chapter Summary
Chapter Assessment
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Chapter Objectives
Section 1: A Changing World
Examine how technology made long sea voyages
possible.
Explore the factors that allowed great civilizations
in Africa to flourish.
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Chapter Objectives
Section 2: Early Exploration
Explain Portugals leadership roles in exploration.
Understand Columbuss plan for sailing to Asia.

Chapter Objectives
Section 3: Spain in America
Evaluate the decline of the Aztec and Inca
Empires in the Americas.
Explore how Spain governed its empire in the
Americas.

Chapter Objectives
Section 4: Exploring North America
Explain how the Protestant Reformation affected
North America.
Evaluate why the activities of early traders
encouraged exploration.

Why It Matters
Although the English have been the major
influence on United States history, they are only
part of the story. Beginning with Native
Americans and continuing through time, people
from many cultures came to the Americas.
The Impact Today

The Americas today consist of people from
cultures around the globe. Native Americans,
Spanish, Africans, and others discussed in
Chapter 2 have all played key roles in shaping
the culture we now call American.
Guide to Reading
Main Idea
New knowledge and ideas led Europeans to explore
overseas.
Key Terms
classical
Renaissance
technology
astrolabe
caravel
pilgrimage
mosque

Guide to Reading (cont.)

Reading Strategy
Determining Cause and Effect As you read the
section, re-create the diagram on page 38 of your
textbook and identify three reasons Europeans
increased overseas exploration.
Read to Learn
how technology made long sea voyages possible.
how great civilizations flourished in Africa.


Section Theme
Culture and Traditions The spirit of the Renaissance
changed the way Europeans thought about the world.
Marco Polo

Expanding Horizons
Marco Polos book, Travels, written in 1296
97, described his travels to Asia.
It inspired Columbus and other explorers to
journey to these lands 200 years later.
The cities of Venice, Genoa, and Pisa became
centers of the growing trade in goods such as
spices, silks, perfumes, and precious stones.
(pages 3839)
Expanding Horizons (cont.)

The Renaissance, a period of renewed interest
in classical Greek and Roman learning, spread
throughout Europe in the 1400s.
It encouraged Europeans to pursue new ideas
and challenges and set the stage for
exploration and discovery.
(pages 3839)
Expanding Horizons (cont.)
Why do you think Western European

explorers found Asia so interesting?
Possible answer: Europeans had the ideas of
becoming wealthy through foreign trade and
learning about lifestyles in distant lands.
(pages 3839)
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Powerful Nations Emerge

The development of large nation-states in
Western Europe helped spark foreign trade and
travel outside the region.
The monarchies of Spain, Portugal, England,
and France looked for ways to increase the
power and wealth of their countries.
(pages 3941)
Powerful Nations Emerge (cont.)
Why was it necessary for monarchs to work at

building powerful and wealthy countries?
Possible answer: Countries wanted to appear
powerful so they would not be invaded and
overtaken by any other country. Wealth would
allow the monarch to outfit a powerful army
that could defend the country or invade
another country.
(pages 3941)
Technologys Impact
Better maps and navigational instruments, such
as the astrolabe and compass, helped
navigators more accurately determine direction
and location.
Larger and sturdier sailing vessels, such as the
caravel, enabled sailors to travel faster and
carry more people, cargo, and food.
These advances enabled sailors to explore new
routes, especially a sea route to Asia.
(pages 4041)
Technologys Impact (cont.)

Portugal and Spain began searching for routes
to Asia and traveled south to the West Coast of
Africa.
(pages 4041)
Technologys Impact (cont.)
How does modern technology make our lives

easier?
Possible answer: Modern technology helps us
do things better, faster, more efficiently, and
cost effectively.
(pages 4041)
African Kingdoms
Three West African kingdoms flourished:
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.
Ghana was a huge trading empire between
400 and 1100.
Its trade in gold and salt contributed to its
prosperity.
When Ghanas power declined, the empire
saw new states emerge.
(pages 4142)
African Kingdoms (cont.)

Mali and its capital, Timbuktu, became
important Islamic centers. Mansa Musa, who
ruled Mali from 1312 to 1337, was its greatest
king.
He made a pilgrimage to Makkah (also
spelled Mecca), the Muslim holy city.
(pages 4142)

The Songhai Empire rose in the late 1400s and
became the largest in the history of West
Africa.
Its ruler, Askya Muhammad, encouraged trade
with Europe and Asia and introduced to his
country a legal system,
a system of government, and schools.
The empire fell in the late 1500s when the
Moroccans attacked its trade centers.
(pages 4142)
Why did great empires arise in Africa?

The resources of the land, the trade with
North Africa, and powerful rulers helped
create these great empires.
(pages 4142)
Checking for Understanding

Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the
left.
__
B 1. a period of intellectual and artistic A. classical
creativity, c. 13001600
B. Renaissance
__
D 2. an instrument used by sailors to
C. technology
observe positions of the stars
D. astrolabe
__
A 3. relating to ancient Greece
E. caravel
and Rome
__
C 4. the application of scientific
discoveries to practical use
E 5. small, fast ship with a broad bow
__

Space Bar to display the answers.

Reviewing Facts Name three technological
advances that furthered European exploration.
Describe how these advances helped explorers.
Possible answers: Mapmakers refined their

methods and created more accurate maps; the
astrolabe improved navigation; the threemasted caravel allowed ships to travel farther.

Reviewing Themes
Culture and Traditions How did the Islamic
religion spread to the early kingdoms of
Africa? What is the name of the holy book of
Islam?
The Islamic religion spread to the early
kingdoms of Africa through trade between
African kingdoms and Arab Muslims in North
Africa. The holy book of Islam is called the
Quran.

Critical Thinking
Drawing Conclusions Why do you think the
Renaissance began in Italy and not in another
part of Europe?
Italys prosperity enabled citizens to pursue an

interest in the regions past.

Analyzing Visuals
Geography Skills Review the map of the
African trading kingdoms on page 41 of your
textbook. Which of the trading kingdoms was
established earliest? In which region of Africa
did the three trading kingdoms develop?
The earliest trading kingdom was Ghana. The

three trading kingdoms developed in West Africa.

Science Select a technological advance that

has occurred during your lifetime. Compare its
effects to the effects of one of the technological
advances described in Section 1. Which has
had the greater impact on society?
Guide to Reading
Main Idea
In search of trade routes, Portuguese explorers
ushered in an era of overseas exploration.
Key Terms
line of demarcation
strait
circumnavigate


Reading Strategy
Organizing Information As you read the section, recreate the diagram on page 43 of your textbook and
identify explorers, when they traveled, and where they
went.
Read to Learn
how Portugal led the way in overseas exploration.
about Columbuss plan for sailing to Asia.


Section Theme
Geography and History In 1400 Europeans had a
limited knowledge of the geography of the world.
Compass

Seeking New Trade Routes

The Portuguese were the leaders of early
exploration.
They hoped to find a new route to China and
India.
They also helped to find a more direct way to
get West African gold.
Prince Henry of Portugal (also called Henry
the Navigator) set up a center for exploration
so that scientists could share their knowledge
with shipbuilders and sailors.
(pages 4345)
Seeking New Trade Routes (cont.)

Ships sailed south along the coast of West
Africa (also called the Gold Coast) where they
traded for gold and ivory and began buying
slaves in the mid-1400s.
In 1487 Bartholomeu Dias explored the
southernmost part of Africa.
This became known as the Cape of Good
Hope.
The king of Portugal hoped the passage
around the tip of Africa would lead to a new
route to India.
(pages 4345)

In 1497, Vasco da Gama sailed around the
Cape of Good Hope.
He visited East African cities and reached
India in 1498.
(pages 4345)
Why do you think the Portuguese began

buying slaves from West Africa?
Possible answer: They traded goods for
slaves so they could help make Portugal
wealthy.
(pages 4345)
Columbus Crosses the Atlantic

The Vikings reached North America and
established settlements in Iceland and
Greenland in the 800s and 900s.
Viking sailor Leif Eriksson explored land west
of Greenland known as Vinland about the year
1000.
Historians think that Vinland was North
America.
No one is sure what other parts of North
America the Vikings explored.
(pages 4549)

(cont.)
Queen Isabella of Spain sponsored

Columbus on his first voyage in August
1492.
He set out with three ships to find a route to
Asia.
On October 12, 1492, he spotted land, named
it San Salvador, and claimed it for Spain.
He did not know that he had reached the
Americas. He was convinced that he had
reached the East Indies.
(pages 4549)

(cont.)
Columbus made three additional voyages in

1493, 1498, and 1502.
He explored the Caribbean islands of
Hispaniola, Cuba, and Jamaica and sailed
along the coasts of Central America and
northern South America.
He claimed these lands for Spain.
(pages 4549)

(cont.)
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed by Spain

and Portugal to clarify the line of demarcation
between their lands in the Americas.
The treaty moved the line farther west so that
Portugal would not be at a disadvantage.
Spain was to have control of all the lands to
the west of the line, and Portugal was to have
control of all the lands to the east of the line.
(pages 4549)

(cont.)
Amerigo Vespucci mapped South Americas

coastline in 1499.
He concluded South America was a continent,
but not part of Asia.
European geographers called the continent
America, in honor of Amerigo Vespucci.
Vasco Nez de Balboa claimed the Pacific and
adjoining lands for Spain.
(pages 4549)

(cont.)
Ferdinand Magellan, sailing from Spain in

1519, found a passage to the Pacific, the Strait
of Magellan.
Magellan sailed around South America and
toward Spain.
Magellan was killed in an island battle along the
way, but a small number of his crew made it all
the way to Spain.
The crew became the first to circumnavigate
the world.
(pages 4549)

(cont.)
Why did European explorers attempt these

difficult journeys?
Possible answer: European explorers
attempted these journeys because of the
excitement, gaining wealth and fame, being
dedicated to a goal, and so on.
(pages 4549)

left.
__
B 1. a narrow passageway
connecting two larger bodies
of water
A. line of
demarcation
B. strait
__
C 2. to sail around around the world C. circumnavigate
__
A 3. an imaginary line running
down the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean from the North
Pole to the South Pole dividing
the Americas between Spain
and Portugal


Reviewing Facts Who were the first Europeans
to reach the Americas and when did they arrive?
The first Europeans to reach the Americas were

the Vikings (c. 1000), Christopher Columbus
(1492), and Vasco Nez de Balboa (1513).

Reviewing Themes
Geography and History What nations signed
the Treaty of Tordesillas? What was the purpose
of the line of demarcation? How did the treaty
affect European exploration of the Americas?
Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of
Tordesillas. The line of demarcation determined
control of lands by Spain (all lands west of the
line) and Portugal (all lands east of the line).

Critical Thinking
Making Inferences For years, many history
books have claimed that Columbus discovered
America. Why do you think Native Americans
might disagree with the choice of the word
discovered in this statement? What might be
a better word?
Native Americans lived in the Americas before
Columbus arrived. Better words may include:
claimed, encountered, came upon, or reached.

Analyzing Visuals
Geography Skills Review the map of
European voyages of exploration on page 48;
then answer the questions that follow. When
did Verrazano make his voyage? For what
country did he sail? How did Cabots route to
the Americas differ from that of Columbus?
Verrazano made his voyage in 1524. He sailed
for France. Cabot traveled father north than
Columbus.

Geography Draw a map of the world as you

think Columbus might have seen it in 1492.
Remember his error in calculating distance.
Guide to Reading
Main Idea
In the sixteenth century, Spain established and
governed a vast empire in the Americas.
Key Terms
conquistador
tribute
pueblo
mission
presidio
encomienda
plantation


Reading Strategy
Organizing Information As you read the section, recreate the diagram on page 51 of your textbook and
identify Spanish conquistadors, along with the regions
they explored.
Read to Learn
how the great Aztec and Inca Empires came to an
end.
how Spain governed its empire in the Americas.


Section Theme
Culture and Traditions The conquistadors conquered
mighty empires in the Americas.
Conquistadors armor

Spanish Conquistadors
Conquistadors were explorers who settled in
the Americas.
They received land grants from Spanish rulers
in exchange for one-fifth of gold or treasure
taken from the Americas.
In 1521 Hernn Corts conquered the Aztec
capital of Tenochtitln.
He took their emperor Montezuma prisoner and
gained control of the region.
Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca ruler
Atahualpa in 1532 and later gained control of
(pages 5153)
the Inca Empire.
Spanish Conquistadors (cont.)

The Spanish conquistadors conquered great
Native American empires with their strong
armies using guns, cannons, and horses.
The invaders also received the help of the
Native Americans in overthrowing many
existing rulers.
Because the Native Americans had no immunity
to European diseases, many of them became
sick and died.
(pages 5153)
Spanish Conquistadors (cont.)
What personality traits do you think the

conquistadors might have had?
Possible answer: The conquistadors might
have had traits such as goal-oriented, greedy,
fearless, driven, and strong-willed.
(pages 5153)
Spain in North America

Spanish conquistadors also explored the
southeastern and southwestern parts of North
America in hopes of finding riches.
Juan Ponce de Len landed on the east coast
of present-day Florida in 1513, looking for
gold and the fountain of youth.
In 1565 the first Spanish settlement in the
United States, a fort, was established at St.
Augustine, Florida.
(pages 5355)
Spain in North America (cont.)

Many conquistadors searched for wealth and
the Seven Cities of Cibola.
Some lost their lives as they searched for these
cities because of stormy weather, lack of
supplies, and illness.
lvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca and Pnfilo de
Narvez explored Florida and the coast of
Mexico.
In 1541 Hernando de Soto explored the
southeastern region of North America.
(pages 5355)

He crossed the Mississippi River and traveled
as far west as present-day Oklahoma.
Francisco Vsquez de Coronado traveled
through northern Mexico and present-day
Arizona and New Mexico.
In 1540 he reached a town belonging to the
Zuni people, but found no gold.
(pages 5355)
What similarities do you see between these

early conquistadors and the immigrants of
today who are settling in the United States?
Possible answer: Both share the ideas of
hopes of a good or new life in another place,
learning to adapt to a new environment, and
being able to leave their homes for the
unknown.
(pages 5355)
Spanish Rule
The Spanish established three kinds of
settlements in the Americas.
- Pueblos or towns were centers of trade.
- Missions were religious communities.
- Presidios were forts and usually built near a
mission.
The hierarchy of the social classes from upper

to lower included:
- peninsulares who owned land, ran the local
government, and served in the Catholic Church.
(pages 5456)
Spanish Rule (cont.)

- creoles, or people born in the Americas to Spanish
parents.
- mestizos, or people with both Spanish and Native
American parents.
- Native Americans.
- enslaved Africans.
(pages 5456)

The Spanish developed a system of
encomiendas that created enslaved Native
Americans.
A conquistador could demand taxes and labor
from the Native Americans living on the land.
Many Native Americans died from malnutrition
and disease because of this grueling labor.
(pages 5456)

Bartolom de Las Casas, a priest, condemned
this harsh treatment and fought against it.
As a result, Spain passed the New Laws
in 1542 that forbade enslaving Native
Americans.
(pages 5456)

The Spanish also developed the plantation
system, or large estate.
The Spanish used Native Americans to work on
the plantations, but in the mid-1500s, Africans
were transported from West Africa to replace
enslaved Native Americans.
As a result, slave labor became an essential part
of the Spanish and Portuguese economies.
(pages 5456)
Why do you think the social class system

developed in the Americas?
Possible answer: Most societies have social
classes. The conquistadors brought Western
European ideas about class structure to the
Americas.
(pages 5456)

left.
__
A 1. Spanish explorer in the
Americas in the 1500s
A. conquistador
__
D 2. religious settlement
C. pueblo
__
B 3. money paid for protection
__
E 4. a large estate run by an owner
or manager and farmed by
laborers who lived there
C 5. home or community of homes
__
built by Native Americans

B. tribute
D. mission
E. plantation

Reviewing Facts What three kinds of
settlements did Spain establish in the Americas?
How did they differ?
Spain established pueblos: centers for trade;

missions: small religious communities; and
presidios: forts built near a mission.

Reviewing Themes
Culture and Traditions What groups made up
the class system in Spanish America?
The class system in Spanish America was made

up of peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, Native
Americans, and enslaved Africans.

Critical Thinking
Analyzing Primary Sources One
conquistador explained, We came to serve
God and the king, and also to get rich. In what
way do you think conquistadors planned to
serve God and the king?
The conquistadors planned to serve God
and the king by converting people to
Christianity and claiming land and riches for
the king.

Analyzing Visuals
Geography Skills Review the map of Spanish
exploration on page 52 of your textbook. What
expedition traveled from Florida to the
Mississippi River? Through what regions did
the Coronado expedition travel?
De Sotos expedition traveled from Florida to
the Mississippi River. The Coronado expedition
traveled through northern Mexico and presentday Arizona and
New Mexico.

Geography Using cookbooks as references, create an

all-American dinner menu that features only foods
introduced to Europeans by Native Americans.
Guide to Reading
Main Idea
Rivalries between countries, the search for a
Northwest Passage to Asia, and early trading
activities led to increased exploration of North
America.
Key Terms
mercantilism
Columbian Exchange
Northwest Passage
coureur de bois


Reading Strategy
Determining Cause and Effect As you read the
section, re-create the diagram on page 58 of your
textbook and provide an effect for each cause.
Read to Learn
how the Protestant Reformation affected North
America.
why the activities of early traders encouraged
exploration.


Section Theme
Global Connections European nations competed for
overseas land and resources.
Martin Luther

A Divided Church
Martin Luther brought about changes in Europe
in the 1500s with his opposition to
Catholicism.
His protests began the Protestant Reformation.
In France, John Calvin, a Christian theologist,

broke away from the Catholic Church.
For personal reasons, King Henry VIII
established England as a Protestant nation.
(pages 5859)
A Divided Church (cont.)

When Europeans settled in America, they
brought with them their religious beliefs of
either Catholicism or Protestantism.
(pages 5859)
A Divided Church (cont.)
Why do you think Martin Luther had so many

followers?
Possible answer: Many people felt repressed
by the Catholic Church and were ready, in
this age of discovery, to join a Protestant
revolution.
(pages 5859)
Economic Rivalry
The exploration of the Americas created
rivalries between European countries to
acquire colonies there.
These colonies provided resources and a
market to sell European products.
(pages 5962)
Economic Rivalry (cont.)

The Columbian Exchange was a two-way
exchange between the Americas and Europe,
Asia, or Africa.
The exchange included crops, livestock, and
other goods for enslaved Africans who worked
on the plantations.
Disease was a result of this exchange since
Native Americans did not have the immunity
to fight off European germs.
(pages 5962)

England, France, and the Netherlands searched
for a more direct route to Asia to compete with
Spain and Portugal, who had claimed most of
the Americas.
This became known as the Northwest
Passage. Instead of traveling around South
America, they sailed along the northern coast
to North America.
John Cabot probably landed on the coast of
Newfoundland in 1497.
England was then able to establish claims in
(pages 5962)
North America.

Giovanni da Verrazano sailed for France in
1524 and explored the coast of North
America from present-day Nova Scotia south
to the Carolinas.
Jacques Cartier also sailed for France. He
sailed up the St. Lawrence River and
founded Mont-Royal (Montreal).
(pages 5962)

Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch. He
discovered the Hudson River in 1609. He
sailed as far north as Albany.
In 1610 he discovered Hudson Bay, thinking
that he had reached the Pacific Ocean.
He and his crew were unsuccessful in finding
an outlet.
In the 1600s France and the Netherlands set up
trading posts in the Americas.
(pages 5962)

They were interested in economic
opportunities, not building an empire.
Samuel de Champlain established a trading
post for fur trading in Quebec and other
parts of Canada.
The Dutch established trading posts along
the Hudson River.
(pages 5962)
Why was it important for Europeans to

compete for territory in the Americas?
Possible answer: Owning territory led to
wealth, and wealth led to power. Each
European country did not want its neighbors
to become more powerful.
(pages 5962)

left.
__
C 1. water route to Asia through
North America sought by
European explorers
A. mercantilism
__
A 2. the theory that a states or
nations power depended on its
wealth
C. Northwest Passage
__
B 3. exchange of goods, ideas, and
people between Europe and the
Americas
__
D 4. French trapper living among
Native Americans

B. Columbian
Exchange
D. coureur de bois

Reviewing Facts What were English, French,
and Dutch explorers searching for while charting
the coast of North America?
They were searching for a more direct water

route to Asia.

Reviewing Themes
Global Connections How did French goals in
the Americas differ from the goals of other
European nations?
The French wanted to make profits rather than

settle land.

Critical Thinking
Identifying Central Issues How did the
economic theory of mercantilism influence the
exploration and settlement of North America by
Europeans?
A nations power was based on its wealth, which
was increased by acquiring gold and silver and
developing trade. Overseas territories were seen
as potential sources of wealth.

Analyzing Visuals
Geography Skills Review the map, French
Explorers, 15351682, on page 61 of your
textbook. Which of the French explorers
traveled farthest south? Along what river did
Marquette and Joliet travel?
La Salle traveled farthest south. Marquette and
Joliet traveled along the Mississippi River.

Persuasive Writing Write a letter to one of the

explorers who searched for a Northwest Passage. In
the letter, explain why it is important for your nation
to find a Northwest Passage.

left.
__
D 1. Spanish explorer in the
Americas in the 1500s
__
B 2. an instrument used by sailors
to observe positions of stars
__
G 3. the theory that a states or
nations power depended on its
wealth
__
A 4. a period of intellectual and
artistic creativity, c. 1300-1600

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
Renaissance
astrolabe
caravel
conquistador
mission
presidio
mercantilism
Northwest Passage

left.
__
F 5. Spanish fort in the Americas
built to protect mission
settlements
__
C 6. small, fast ship with a broad
bow
__
H 7. water route to Asia through
North America sought by
European explorers
__
E 8. religious settlement

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
Renaissance
astrolabe
caravel
conquistador
mission
presidio
mercantilism
Northwest Passage
Reviewing Key Facts

Why were Europeans interested in Asia?
Europeans were interested in Asia for trade.

Reviewing Key Facts

Where did the earliest Portuguese explorers sail?
Dias sailed to the southernmost part of Africa.

Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa to India.

Reviewing Key Facts

What was the main reason the Spanish wanted to
conquer the Aztec and the Inca?
The Spanish wanted to conquer the Aztec and

the Inca for their riches, mainly gold.

Reviewing Key Facts

What movement created religious rivalries in
Europe that carried over into exploration of the
Americas?
The Protestant Reformation created religious

rivalries in Europe that carried over into the
exploration of the Americas.

Reviewing Key Facts

What were explorers searching for during their
explorations of the North American coast?
Explorers were searching for a Northwest

Passage.

Critical Thinking
Drawing Conclusions Why do you think the
Caribbean Islands are often referred to as the
West Indies?
Columbus originally believed he had landed in

the East Indies near Asia. As a result, the islands
were later named the West Indies.

Critical Thinking
Analyzing Information Study the feature on the
Columbian Exchange on page 60 of your
textbook. What foods were shipped to Europe?
Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, and chocolate

were shipped to Europe.

Geography and History Activity

Study the map below and answer the questions on the following
slides.

Place In what
present-day
states were the
Spanish
missions
located?
The Spanish
missions were
located in Texas,
New Mexico,
Arizona, and
California.


Location Near
what city was
the
northernmost
Spanish mission
located?
The
northernmost
Spanish mission
was located near
San Francisco.


Location In
which direction
would a traveler
leaving Mexico
City journey to
reach San
Diego?
A traveler
leaving
Mexico City
to journey to
San Diego would
travel northwest.
Standardized Test Practice

Directions: Choose the best answer to the following question.
Juana Ins de la Cruz was an unusual woman because she was
famous as a
A
writer.
prince.
farmer.
warrior.
Test-Taking Tip Eliminate answers that dont make sense. For

instance, a woman could not be a prince, so B could not be the
correct answer.
After what explorer is the Pacific end of the

Panama Canal named?
It is named after Vasco Nez de Balboa.

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Geography Drawings of sea monsters appeared on

many maps of this era. Tales of bizarre monsters
enlivened the study of geography during Columbuss
time. For many sailors, these monsters represented real
threats and were more than flights of fancy. Sciapodes
were monsters that had only one giant foot yet could
walk amazingly fast. Monoculars were giants with a
single eye in the middle of their forehead, and they ate
only meat and raw fish. The cynocephalus were very
intelligent and gifted with great intuition.
Economics During the Age of Exploration, European

nations believed that their power, and ultimately their
survival, depended on their acquisition of wealth. This
national economic purpose, known as mercantilism,
fueled not only exploration but also colonization.
European nations considered their colonies as sources of
raw materials, which were used to manufacture goods.
Christopher Columbus
The Nia, Pinta, and Santa Mara
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Christopher Columbus never referred to himself as

Columbus, a name found today on cities and buildings
across America. Later in life he preferred to be called
Cristbel Coln.
Columbuss largest ship, the Santa Mara, hit a reef off

the coast of Haiti, destroying the ship. Columbus sailed
home on the Nia, with the Pinta following behind. A
storm west of the Azores separated the two boats. Later
the Nia encountered another large storm, ripping off its
sails and forcing the boat to dock in Lisbon. The Nia
finally reached its home port of Palos on March 15, 1493.
The Pinta arrived later that day.
Eric the Red The Vikings told long tales, or sagas,

about their adventures. One of the most popular sagas is
about Eric the Red, who lived in Iceland. He led a
sailing expedition that found a rich and fertile land he
called Greenland. Eric the Red settled there with his
family. While there, his wife gave birth to a son they
named Leif. Other Viking sagas call Eric the Reds son
Leif the Lucky because Leif found a new land he
called Vinland. Scholars believe Vinland was presentday Newfoundland.
Floridas Flowers Ponce de Len landed in present-day

North America during Easter, which Spaniards also
referred to as the Feast of Flowers. He called this land of
luxuriant vegetation Pasqua Florida, meaning Feast of
Flowers. The name was later shortened to Florida.
Spanish Galleon
In the late 1500s and early
1600s, Spanish galleons carried
gold and silver from the West
Indies to Spain. Thats not all
these ships carried, however.
The threat of pirates prompted
the Spanish galleons to carry
weapons as part of their cargo.
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Two or three sails

on the foremast and
mainmast allowed
the ship to catch
the wind.
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Elaborate living
quarters for the
captain were placed
within the high
sterncastle. The rest
of the crew slept on
the deck.
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Stones and bricks

provided ballast to
keep the ship from
tipping over. These
stones would be
replaced with
cargo in the
Americas. Many
colonial streets and
sidewalks were
paved with ballast
stones.
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Reading a Time Line

Why Learn This Skill?
Knowing the relationship of time to events is important in
studying history. A time line is a visual way to show
chronological order within a time period. Most time lines
are divided into sections representing equal time
intervals. For example, a time line showing 1,000 years
might be divided into ten 100-year sections. Each event
on a time line appears beside the date when the event took
place.
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Reading a Time Line

Learning the Skill
To read a time line, follow these steps:
Find the dates on the opposite ends of the time line to know the
time span. Also note the intervals between dates on the time line.
Study the order of events.

Analyze relationships among events or look for trends.

Reading a Time Line

Practicing the Skill
Analyze the time line of Magellans voyage below. Use it to answer
the questions that follow.
Reading a Time Line

1. What time span is represented?
The span from 1480 to the 1520s is represented.
2. How many years do each of the sections represent?

Each section represents 10 years.

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Reading a Time Line

3. Did Magellans voyage to the Spice Islands occur before or
after his voyage to the Philippines?
His voyage to the Spice Islands occurred before his voyage
to the Philippines.
4. How long did Magellans voyage around the world take?
Magellans voyage around the world took 3 years.

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Exploring the Americas

Objectives
After viewing Exploring the Americas, you should:
Know that St. Augustine, Florida, was the first permanent

settlement in America.
Understand that the Spanish
and French fought for ownership
of the land.
Recognize that Native American
inhabitants were either enslaved
or killed.
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Discussion Question
Why was Spain interested in Florida?
The Spanish thought they would find riches in

Florida, and they wanted to use Floridas Gulf
Stream waters as treasure lanesthe routes their
ships would take on their way back home.


Discussion Question
What skills did the Indians teach the settlers?
The Indians taught the settlers how to hunt,

make fire with moss, grow new crops such as
corn, and make food from their crops.

They both have Paradise at the top, Asia below Paradise, Europe to the
left, Africa to the right, and they both include the Mediterranean Sea.

Native Americans and African Americans


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