San Diego State University European Exploration Voyage Discussion

After reading the assigned Age of Explorations article, pick one (and only one) of the following options for your discussion post. Please construct a thoughtful 350-500 word main response addresses the questions posed in your option. 

Option A: What promoted the European voyages of exploration (Links to an external site.)?  What were the consequences for the indigenous people of the Americas and Africa (Links to an external site.)? How about for the Europeans…did the Columbian Exchange (Links to an external site.) benefit them and how?

Option B: Discuss the reaction to/ first contact (Links to an external site.) between Native Americans and  European colonists (Links to an external site.).  In what ways were the indigenous peoples cultures similar, even if the Europeans didn’t see it, and in what ways did they differ? 

make sure to cite your work if you use any source