PPT-European Explorations & the Discovery of North America

Which Europeans Discovered North America and Canada First Vikings 981 Bjarni landed in Newfoundland by accident Leif Erikson in 1001 Heard about Bjarni amp made his own trip to Newfoundland . World Map Pictures. Koala~ Australia . Red Back Spider~ Australia . Epacris-. Impressa. ~ Australia . Eucalyptus~ Australia . Pangolin~ China . Panda~ Asia . Frangipani~ Thailand. Musa . Ornata. (small banana plant)~ Asia . Set Sail . Chapter 2 section 1. . SKILLED VIKING . SAILORS. . The Vikings were the first Europeans to make contact with North America. .. . Leif Eriksson. , the son of Erik the Red, set off for Greenland. . & Conquests. Motives for European Exploration. The Crusades resulted in Muslims cutting Europeans off from trade with China, India (Ex = Spain – why?). The Renaissance . (Humanism) led to a great curiosity . & Conquests. Motives for European Exploration. Crusades .  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia.. Renaissance .  curiosity about other lands and peoples.. Reformation .  refugees & missionaries.. Introduction. The Age of Discovery. Christoph Columbus. European colonization of the America. The Spanish and Portuguese colonies. English and French colonies. American Revolutionary War. Manifest Destiny. Essential Question. Who were the first European settlers in North America, where did they come from and why did they come? What was their overall impact on the area they colonized as well as their home country?. North America is the . 3. rd. largest continent, containing . 16.5%. of the earth’s total land area.. North America is the . 4. th. . most . populous. continent with a population around . 515 million. What enabled Europeans to carve out huge empires an ocean away from their homelands?. Europeans were much closer to the Americas than were their potential Asian competitors. . Groups within European society—including competing monarchs, merchants, impoverished nobles and commoners, Christian missionaries, and persecuted minorities—all had strong, if different, motivations for participating in empire building.. APUSH Unit 1. 1450-1700. “1491” in North America. “ESP” Structures: Economic – Social – Political. Arid SW & . Mexico. Pueblo. maize. Pacific NW & . California. Chinook. Foraging . Transformations of North America APUSH Unit 1 1450-1700 “1491” in North America “ESP” Structures: Economic – Social – Political Arid SW & Mexico Pueblo maize Pacific NW & California European Exploration and Colonization of North America The Old World Meets the New World First Contact The term First Contact literally describes the first contact between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of North America Topic 2 European Colonization of North America Lesson 1 - Spanish Colonization and New Spain (Pages 55-69) and Lesson 2 –The First French, Dutch, and English Colonies (Pages 66-77) Reading Support Questions, Answers, and Other Important Notes 2009 Comp essay. Racial and ethnic constructs. North and Latin America and. Caribbean:. https://. secure-media.collegeboard.org/apc/ap09_world_history_q3.pdf. I. The Spanish Caribbean. A. The indigenous Tainos or Arawaks . GLORY. ). Economic. : Search for new trade routes with direct access to Asian/African luxury goods would enrich individuals and their nations (. GOLD. ). Religious. : spread Christianity and weaken Middle Eastern Muslims. (.