European Explorers

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European Explorers Middle School Social Studies
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What motivated European explorers?

• Explorers and their patrons had many reasons for
  exploration.
• Spreading the Christian Religion
• Wealth gold, silver and spices
• Prestige
• Building European Empires
• Increasing their power in Europe
• Increasing opportunities for trade
• What countries were involved?
• Most European countries were involved in
  exploration but France, Spain, England, and
  Portugal were at the forefront.

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Who were the explorers? Who were the explorers? Who were the explorers?
Explorer Country of Patronage What the Explorers Discovered
Juan Ponce de Leon Spain Florida
Hernando de Soto Spain South Eastern United States
Samuel de Champlain France The Great Lakes and Quebec
Jacques Cartier France The St. Lawrence River
Sir Francis Drake England Circumnavigated the world
Sir Walter Raleigh England The colony of Virginia
Ferdinand Magellan Portugal First voyage around the world
Bartolomeu Dias Portugal Cape of Good Hope
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Complete the analogies.
Bartolomeu Sir Walter
Dias Raleigh
Florida The St.
Lawrence
River
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Complete the analogies.
Bartolomeu Sir Walter
Juan Ponce Jacques
Dias Raleigh de Leon Cartier
Cape of The Florida The St.
Good Hope colony of
Lawrence Virginia
River
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• What nation established one of the earliest
  colonies in North America at present-day Quebec,
  Canada?
• Spain
• England
• Portugal
• France

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