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    The documents discuss several factors that drove European powers to explore overseas territories and establish colonies in the late 15th and early 16th centuries: 1) The Treaty of Tordesillas divided exploration and colonization rights between Spain and Portugal, fueling competition over new lands. 2) Columbus reported to the Spanish monarchs on the abundant resources like gold, fertile land, and native peoples in Hispaniola, fueling further exploration. 3) Crops grown in European colonies like maize, potatoes, and cassava produced more calories per acre than traditional European crops, providing commercial incentives.

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    The documents discuss several factors that drove European powers to explore overseas territories and establish colonies in the late 15th and early 16th centuries: 1) The Treaty of Tordesillas divided exploration and colonization rights between Spain and Portugal, fueling competition over new lands. 2) Columbus reported to the Spanish monarchs on the abundant resources like gold, fertile land, and native peoples in Hispaniola, fueling further exploration. 3) Crops grown in European colonies like maize, potatoes, and cassava produced more calories per acre than traditional European crops, providing commercial incentives.

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    The documents discuss several factors that drove European powers to explore overseas territories and establish colonies in the late 15th and early 16th centuries: 1) The Treaty of Tordesillas divided exploration and colonization rights between Spain and Portugal, fueling competition over new lands. 2) Columbus reported to the Spanish monarchs on the abundant resources like gold, fertile land, and native peoples in Hispaniola, fueling further exploration. 3) Crops grown in European colonies like maize, potatoes, and cassava produced more calories per acre than traditional European crops, providing commercial incentives.

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    AP European History•SAQ (Short Answer Question) Name:

    Directions: Answer all part of every question. Use complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not
    acceptable.

    TREATY OF TORDESILLAS Document 1

    Columbian Exchange Document 2

    Document 3: Christopher Columbus reports on his first voyage to Queen Isabella 1493
    In the island, which I have said before was called Hispana, there are very lofty and beautiful mountains, great farms, groves
    and fields, most fertile both for cultivation and for pasturage, and well adapted for constructing buildings. The convenience of
    the harbors in this island, and the excellence of the rivers, in volume and salubrity, surpass human belief, unless on should see
    them. In it the trees, pasture-lands and fruits different much from those of Juana. Besides, this Hispana abounds in various
    kinds of species, gold and metals. The inhabitants . . . are all, as I said before, unprovided with any sort of iron, and they are
    destitute of arms, which are entirely unknown to them, and for which they are not adapted; not on account of any bodily
    deformity, for they are well made, but because they are timid and full of terror. . . . But when they see that they are safe, and
    all fear is banished, they are very guileless and honest, and very liberal of all they have. No one refuses the asker anything that
    he possesses; on the contrary they themselves invite us to ask for it. They manifest the greatest affection towards all of us,
    exchanging valuable things for trifles, content with the very least thing or nothing at all. . . . I gave them many beautiful and
    pleasing things, which I had brought with me, for no return whatever, in order to win their affection, and that they might
    become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain; and that they might be
    eager to search for and gather and give to us what they abound in and we greatly need.
    Document 4: Farming and Food calories
    North American Crops
    Chief Crop Calories per
    Hectare (Acre)

    Maize 7.3

    Potato 7.5

    Yams 7.1

    Cassava 9.9

    European Crops
    Chief Crop Calories per
    Hectare (Acre)

    Rice 7.3

    Wheat 4.2

    Barley 5.1

    Oats 5.5
    European nations were driven by commercial and political motives to explore overseas territories and establish colonies.
    A. Using the documents above and two specific pieces of evidence, explain how European powers were driven by
    commercial motives to explore overseas territories and establish colonies.

    B. Using the documents above and two specific pieces of evidence, explain how European powers were driven by
    political motives to explore overseas territories and establish colonies.

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