1.+Exploration+Questions

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 * Q:** What 3 G's were of paramount importance to the Spanish conquistadors?
 * A:** Gold, Glory, and God
 * Mr. Willard**

Q: Was Ferdinand Magellan on his ship when he became the first man to sail around the world? A: No Josh Havens

Q: What were ‘encomiendas’? A: Plantations set up by the Spanish where they used Indians as slaves, supposedly “Christianizing them” Jacob S.
 * Q:** Why did the Europeans begin exploration to the West?
 * A:** They were looking for an easier path to China and its exotic silks and spices.
 * Alex Yingling**

Q: Who was Ferdinand Magellan? A: The first man to sail around the world. Lucy Blevins :)


 * Q:** What reasons did the Spanish have for establishing missionaries in Texas?
 * A:** The Spanish wanted to spread Roman Catholicism to the native Indians, and so many of them set up shop in the area of modern-day New Mexico. However, after Pope's Rebellion, an Indian rebellion sparked by the forced repression of the natives' religios beliefs, many Spaniards were driven from their homes and forced into Texas, where they continued their attempts to proselytize the Indians. It was here that they established their missions, including one near San Antonio which would later gain fame as The Alamo.
 * Erin Pratt**
 * Q:** How did the Crusades cause the Age of Exploration?
 * A:** The Crusaders brought home a lust for spices, which started the craze to get to the east and get the spices.
 * Katie Pellegrino**


 * Q:** Why did the Pilgrims desire to settle in America?
 * A:** The Pilgrims came to America attempting to escape religious persecution they faced in England. They also came for the hopes to start new lives. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the first colonies to be a true settlement. They had families, churches, schools, and experienced much longer lives.
 * Nik Jameson**
 * Q:** Who established the first permanent European settlement in North America?
 * A:** The Spanish first established St. Augustine,at Florida in 1565; fourty-Two years before Virginia.
 * Gaby Francis**
 * Ben Kroll**
 * Q: How did Marco Polo contribute to the start of the Age of Exploration?**
 * A: Marco Polo was the first explorer to travel the silk road and back. Upon his return he brought with him wealth and stories that intrigued the financial hunger of Europeans.**

Q. What is the name for bringing nothing good to the new world? A. the black legend.
 * jason altman**


 * Q:**Who was the conquistador that ended the rule of Montezuma II?
 * A:**Hernan Cortes
 * Aaron Anderson**

Q: What was the cash crop the Europeans discovered when they came to the New World? A: Tobacco
 * Geoff Dougherty**

Q: What did Christopher Columbus call the Natives of the West Indies and why? A: Indios, because he thought he had landed in the East Indies
 * Matt Smith**

Q: What was the first permanent American settlement? A: St. Augustine (Spanish, 1565)
 * Kasey Rathgeber**

Q: What were the conditions given in the Treaty of Tordesillas and what countries were involved?

A: The newly discovered lands by Christopher Columbus and the Cape Verde Islands were divided up. This treaty was designed to resolve any disputes between the lands after Christopher Columbus's return voyage in 1481. The countries that ratified the treaty included Spain and Portugal. The lands to the east of the meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands belonged to Portugal, while to the west Spain gained control of. It was officially signed on June 7, 1494. **Joseph Lohuis** Q: Which empire did Francisco Pizzaro take over and how? A: Francisco Pizzaro took ove the Incan empire in Peru by tricking the Incan emperor Atahualpa into converting his people into Christianity and later killed him.
 * Marta Mendez**

Q: What was the difference between the Virginia Company and and Massachusetts Bay Colony? A: The Virginia Company was created to make a profit in the New World, while the MA Bay Colony's aim was to escape religious intolerance back in Englad and start new lives in America.
 * Chan Nguyen**

Q: What great discovery did Francisco Coronado make in the Americas?

A: He discovered the Grand Canyon, along with enormous herds of bison (buffalo)

Lexie Brown

Q: What countries played a major role in the exploration of the New World? A. Spain, Portugal, Italy, and near the end England and eventually France.
 * Rachel Williams**

Q: Who is responsible for the annihilation of the Incas? A: Francisco Pizarro
 * Caleb Sundholm**

Q: How and why did the English explorers treat the Native Americans differently than the Spanish explorers? A: The English had had some experience in colonizing before in Ireland and they knew from their experience that it works greatly toward their advantage to turn the natives into the enemy so that there will be no questions when they do something cruel and horrible to defeat the natives and gain more land. As for the Spanish they did not have as much experience so they did not completely turn the natives into the enemy. They incorporated the natives into their society through marriages. Emma Dooner


 * Q:** What prompted the Age of Exploration in the West?
 * A:** Religion, Economic purposes (gold, spices, etc.), imperialism, new technology, growing population, and a new sense of knowing and curiosity.
 * Lucy Carter**


 * Q.**: What new technological inventions allowed for easier exploration?
 * A:** Caravels (the fast sailing ships that can sail against the wind), the compass, and the astrolabe (both navigation instruments).
 * Sam Wright**

Q: Why did England begin its exploration of America in the early 1600’s? A: England had won a battle with the Spanish armada a few decades earlier, which brought about a sense of nationalism and a belief that England was the master of the oceans. The population growth also caused the surplus- which was mostly living in poverty- to become adventurers in the New World. A few to-be settlers also sought religious freedom.
 * Lining Wang**

Q: Before Columbus arrived, who founded a temporary settlement on the Northeast shoulder of North America? A: During AD 1,000 Scandinavian seafarers founded a temporary settlement called Vinland in present day Newfoundland. Vinland gained no support and was soon abandoned and forgotten.
 * Christina Soliday**

Q: What was introduced in the New World and the Old World through the Columbian Exchange? A: Foodstuffs such as corn, tomatoes, beans, potatoes were introduced to the Old World. Gold and silver was mined and shipped to the Old World from the New World as well. New diseases such as smallpox were introduced to the New World. Cattles and horses were also seen for the first time in the New World.
 * Abby Fernandes**

Q: What prompted the age of Exploration? A: People who had traveled previously had brought back spices and other foreign goods, leaving people wanting more.
 * Kathryn Hardman**