Unit+IV+(European+Exploration)

=Unit IV (European Exploration) Page=

Click on the link below and follow the directions Exploration Discussion Board Assignment
 * Discussion Board Topic and Question**


 * Essential Questions**
 * What were the roles of the Commercial Revolution and mercantilism in the growth of European nations?
 * Why were Europeans interested in discovering new lands and markets?
 * Who were some important explorers?
 * How did the expansion of European empires into the Americas, Africa, and Asia affect religion in those areas?
 * What were the effects of European migration and settlement on the Americas, Africa, and Asia?
 * What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange between European and indigenous cultures?
 * What was the triangular trade?
 * What was the impact of precious metal exports from the Americas?


 * Essential Understandings**
 * The exportation of slaves and demand for imported goods began to alter traditional economic patterns in Africa.
 * European maritime nations competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources, creating new economic practices, such as mercantilism, linking European nations with their colonies.
 * The expanding economies of European states stimulated increased trade with markets in Asia. With the loss of Constantinople in 1453, European nations fronting the Atlantic sought new maritime routes for trade.
 * One motive for exploration was to spread the Christian religion; Europeans migrated to new colonies in the Americas, creating new cultural and social patterns.
 * Europeans established trading posts and colonies in Africa and Asia
 * The discovery of the Americas by Europeans resulted in an exchange of products and resources between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
 * The European nations established a trade pattern known as the triangular trade and exported precious metals from the Americas


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 * Best European Exploration Storyboard Project! - This would be a good one to look at...**