What did the new world mean for European explorers?
Where did the Portuguese learn their trading procedures, sources of goods and how to judge a goods quality?
Where did the Portuguese import most of their goods from?
What tribes road systems surprised European explorers?
Who funded Columbus' exploration?
What was the most deadly thing about European exploration?
What sparked exploration?
How did colonizers profit from the new world?
Portuguese exploration focused on
Why did poor Portuguese men marry wealthy African women?
What motivated exploration of the Americas?
What tribes wealth surprised European explorers?
Who denied Columbus funds for exploration?
Spanish exploration focused on
What percentage of the native Americans died due to European colonization?
Possibility of wealth
Goods, Territory, and Labor
Local tribes
Spain
Diseases
Territory
Aztec
Portugal
New trade routes
Incas
90%
Essential trade connections
Gold, God, and Glory
Asia
Trade