Exploration

Question 1

3 reasons why people went exploring

Answer 1

Economical: To raid Spanish ships and gain access to new markets and resources

Political: To increase the power and status of Elizabeth and England

Technological: New inventions like the galleon ship made exploration possible

Question 2

3 examples of famous voyages

Answer 2

1560s: John Hawkins sailed to Africa and then the West Indies and traded slaves illegally

1577-80: Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation of the Globe

1595: Raleigh’s went to the Americas to establish a colony but failed

Question 3

3 features of Drake’s Circumnavigation

Answer 3

Mutinies and losses meant that he lost 4 out of the 5 ships on the journey

Named California as Nova Albion (New England) and claimed it as an English colony

Established trading posts in the East Indies

Question 4

How did Raleigh prepare for the Roanoke colony? (3)

Answer 4

Planned and organised and financed voyages to explore and settle North Carolina

Organised many different types of craftsmen to go on the trip (brewers, stonemasons, cobblers)

Encouraged settlers to learn Algonquin (native language)

Question 5

3 reasons why the Roanoke colony was a failure

Answer 5

The merchants did not do any physical work. They had expected to use Native Americans as labour.

The colonists left England too late to reach Virginia in time to plant crops

Many of the colonists became ill during the journey and were still unwell when they arrived