Science Homework Help

De Anza College Motivations for European Countries Discussion

 

1) List and explain the motivations for European countries to explore the world during the Age of Exploration? I listed three in the lecture.

2) Discuss why artists were brought along on expeditions throughout our history? Where did artists get their subjects to draw from before they began accompanying the explorers and drawing from life?

3) Describe Prince Maximillian’s motivations for going on the expedition up the Missouri River? What was Karl Bodmer’s job on the expedition and why did Prince Maximillian hire him?

4) Explain why were Karl Bodmer’s illustrations so important to the Native populations? What happened to their culture soon after the expedition? What is the legacy the expedition gave to the native cultures of the Missouri River area?

5) Describe the condition of the river today? What impacts are affecting the river and how has it changed?