This section focuses on determining the causes and consequences of exploration, settlement, and growth on various cultures, as well as analyzing immigration and settlement patterns that have shaped the history of the United States. The material presented is designed to help you meet the following objectives.
- Determine the causes and consequences of exploration, settlement, and growth on various cultures.
- Analyze immigration and settlement patterns that have shaped the United States.
How Various Cultures Have Experienced Exploration, Settlement, and Growth
Exploration has been one of the great constants of history, from earliest human existence to the present-day exploration of space. The earliest humans set out from Africa into Europe and Asia, reaching what is now Siberia and sending waves of migration over a temporary land bridge into the North American continent and south to Central and South America. It is theorized that those who settled in what is now Southeast Asia sent out explorers who eventually settled the islands of Oceania. Explorers have left home for many reasons: to find more resources or raw materials, to find new markets, to discover new technologies, to annex territories, or to gain new knowledge.
