European+Expansion+&+Exploration


 * Taryn Kilgore**

European Expansion & Exploration

Prompt: "Explain how economic, technological, political, and religious factors promoted European explorations from about 1450-1525."

Thesis: The need for expansion in economics, technology, politics, and religion provided the main incentive for European exploration.

Topics:
 * How expansion affected the economy/how the economy promoted expansion
 * New technology in travel (first circumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan) promoted expansion
 * How politics promoted expansion (bigger empire, more revenue, colonies = status symbol, etc)
 * How religion preached expansion (convert natives, bigger "Christendom")

CD's:
 * Gold
 * Christianity
 * Colonies
 * Convert natives
 * Natives = Slaves
 * Colonies = status symbol
 * Spices
 * New foods
 * Diseases
 * Vasco da Gama
 * Ferdinand & Isabella, rulers of Spain
 * Ferdinand Magellan
 * Prince Henry the explorer
 * Philippines
 * Aztecs
 * Mayans
 * Incans
 * New England
 * New France (Canada)
 * New Spain (Mexico)
 * Revenue
 * Bigger Empire