West Africa
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominated West Africa
one of the other from 300 to 1600 A.D.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were located in Western
region of Africa, south of the Sahara Desert near the
Niger river.
West Africa
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, became powerful by
controlling trade in West Africa,
The Portuguese carried goods from Europe to West
African empires, trading, metals, cloths, and other
manufactured goods for gold
Motivating factors
Economic-Gold,Natural resources,Trade
Religious-to spread Christianity
Glory-Expanding Empires,superiority of culture
Obstacles
● Poor maps and navigational tools
● Death from disease and starvation
● Lack of adaquate supplies
● Fear of the unknown
Accomplishments
● Claimed territories
● Emproved maps and navagatinal tools
● Exchanges goods an ideas
John Cabot
Cabot is from England and explored Eastern Canada
Samuel De Champlain
Champlain was from France and established
Quebec
Robert LaSalle
LaSalle was from France and claimed the
Mississippi river valley
Francisco Coronado
Coronado was from Spain and claimed the
Southwest U.S.
England
● Claimed territories
● Established settelment
● Learned farming techniques
● Traded with the Native Americans
France
● Established trading posts
● Spread Christanity
Spain
● Conqured and Enslaved Native Americans
● Spread diseases
● Spread Christanity
Cooperation
● Trade
● Technologies
● Crops
● Europeans broaught weapons and metal farm
tools
Conflict
● Land
● Competition For Trade
● Diffrence in Culture
● Disease
● Languge diffrences
John Cabot
1. Where is he from?
2. What did he do?
3. Who is from England?
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Samuel De Champlain
4. Where is Champlain from?
5. What did he do?
6. Who is from france besides LaSalle?
ANSWERS
Robert LaSalle
7. Where is LaSalle from?
8. What did he do?
9. Who is from France besides Champlain?
ANSWERS
Francisco Coronado
10. Where is Coronado from?
11. What did he do?
12. Who is from Spain?
ANSWERS
John Cabot Answers
1. England
2. Explored Eastern Canada
3. John Cabot
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SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
4. France
5. Established Quebec
6. Samuel De Champlain
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Robert LaSalle Answers
7.France
8. Claimed Mississippi river valley
9. Robert LaSalle
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Francisco Coronado Answers
10. Spain
11. Claimed Southwest U.S.
12. Francisco Coronado
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