Exploration to the New World: Chapter 5 Study Guide
Dive into the exploration routes and impact of key explorers like Columbus, Cabot, Cortés, and more! Learn motives, voyages, and historical significance. Perfect for studying social studies.
Exploration to the New World: Chapter 5 Study Guide
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Social Studies Study Guide Chapter 5: Routes of Exploration to the New World
Christopher Columbus • Motives: Find a trade route to Asia, Find Riches • Impact: Claimed Lands for Europe, Provided Information for New Maps, Mistreated/Killed Native People • Sponsor: Spain • Set Sail: 1492 Sailed Back: 1506 • Voyages: 3 • Sailed to “San Salvador”
John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) • Motives: Find a Trade Route to Asia • Impact: Claimed Lands for Europe, Provided Information for New Maps • Sponsor: England • Set Sail: 1497 Sailed Back: Unknown • Voyages: 2 • Sailed to the Eastern Coast of Present – Day Canada
Juan Ponce de León • Motives: Find Riches • Impact: Claimed Lands for Europe, Provided Information for New Maps, Mistreated/Killed Native People, Established a Settlement • Sponsor: France • Set Sail: 1493 Sailed Back: 1521 • Voyages: 3 • Sailed to “Borinquen” (Puerto Rico)
HernánCortés • Motives: Find Riches • Impact: Mistreated/Killed Native People, Spread Diseases • Sponsor: Spain • Set Sail: 1519 Sailed Back: 1521 • Voyages: 1 • Sailed to Mexico (Where the “Aztecs” Lived)
Jacques Cartier • Motives: Find a Trade Route to Asia, Find Riches • Impact: Claimed Lands for Europe, Provided Information for New Maps, Established a Settlement • Sponsor: France • Set Sail: 1534 Sailed Back: 1542 • Voyages: 3 • Sailed to Present – Day Canada, Present – Day Quebec
Francisco (Vásquez de) Coronado • Motives: Find Riches • Impact: Provided Information for New Maps, Mistreated/Killed Native People • Sponsor: Mexico • Set Sail: 1540 Sailed Back: 1542 • Voyages: 1 • Sailed to Present – Day New Mexico
Henry Hudson • Motives: Find a Trade Route to Asia • Impact: Claimed Lands for Europe, Provided Information for New Maps • Sponsor: England and Holland • Set Sail: 1609 Sailed Back: 1624 • Voyages: 1 • Sailed to the Hudson Valley
Robert de La Salle • Motives: Find Riches • Impact: Claimed Lands for Europe, Provided Information for New Maps, Established a Settlement • Sponsor: Borrowed Money (Claimed Land for France) • Set Sail: 1666 Sailed Back: 1684 • Voyages: 2 • Sailed to Louisiana, Texas