European Exploration

Question 1

What were the Three G’s

Answer 1

GOLD- to get rich (find better trade routes)
GLORY- be famous & powerful
GOD- spread Christianity

Question 2

Who was Christopher Columbus

Answer 2

Italian explorer

Sailed for Spain

Crossed the Atlantic Ocean

Reached the Americas in 1492
(In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”)

Where did Christopher Columbus land in the Americas?
The Bahamas

Where did he think he landed?
The Indies

Question 3

What was the Results of Columbus’ Voyage

Answer 3

Native American’s lands were taken

Europeans colonized (took over) land

Conflicts (fighting) between the Natives and Europeans increased

Natives died- had NO immunity to European disease (got very sick from the germs that were spread)