European movement Motives for European Exploration Shorter Route to Asia Curiosity about other lands and peoples Missionaries-Spread Christianity Monarchs seeking new…

European Colonization Hernando Cortés First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs Hernan Cortes conquered Aztec Empire in 1519 and took control of modern day Mexico. Montezuma…

Lesson 3: European Explorers Lesson 3: European Explorers September 17th, 2012 The Vikings Skilled sailors from Scandinavia Sailed in sleek wooden sail boats powered by oars…

Title Layout Chapter 2 New Empires in the Americas Thomas Herp Learning Target: 9/19-22 I can explain the advances in technology that enabled European exploration of the…

  Pre-Columbian time period. First Americans came from Asia Supposedly crossed the Bering Strait during the Ice Age Following a food source Gradual migration Early Human…