age of exploration: a period from 1400 to 1600 in which europeans traveled the rest of the world in...
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•Age of Exploration: a period from 1400 to 1600 in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of goods, raw materials, land, and trade partners
Reasons for the Age of Exploration
1. Europeans explore because:–Interested in spices from Asia; WHY - GOLD
Reasons for the Age of Exploration
1. CONTINUED - –Nations wanted to claim new lands and riches; WHY - GLORY–Spread Christianity. WHY - GOD
Reasons for the Age of Exploration3)What key advances in
knowledge and technology allowed Europeans to explore these new areas?• Answers on next slide
•Number 3 answers:•Cartography – map making.
View world as a sphere;•Navigation easier because of
new maps and tools;• Improvements made to design
of ships and weapons.
Portugal Begins Age of Exploration•Prince Henry “the Navigator” •He started a school of navigation
where sailors and mapmakers could learn their trades. His expeditions explored the coast of Africa (EXAMPLE, WHERE)
•Bartolomeu Dias: •He became the first European to sail around the Southern tip of Africa (Example of Where).
•Pedro Cabral:•Cabral sailed to present-day
Brazil and claimed its lands WHAT for Portugal – GLORY• In India, he established a
trading post WHAT and signed a trading treaty.
IMPACT OF PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION•Africa•After the native population of Brazil decreased, millions of Africans were brought to Brazil as slaves WHAT (where).
•Asia:•Portuguese seized seaport in of
Goa in India and built forts there. They attacked and killed all the people defending the main port of the Spice Islands (EXAMPLE OF GLORY – WHAT).
• Americas:• The Portuguese established
colonies in Brazil and tried to convert the native peple to Christianity. WHAT• Native people were forced to
work on sugar plantations. Many died from overwork or disease.
• Christopher Columbus:• Sailed west, not east, to find the
easiest route to Asia EXAMPLE OF WHERE;• He landed on an island in the
Caribbean Sea and claimed it for Spain – GLORY; WHAT• Found new world that was new to Europe
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest
• Europe: • Spain rapidly expanded foreign
trade;•Became one of Europe’s richest
and most powerful country.
What impact did European Exploration of North America have on the people of
Europe?• Europeans traded for fish,
otter skins, whale oil, and beaver and fox furs; WHAT• Started war between
England and Spain.
A.Thesis: Introductioni. Definition of Age of
Explorationii.I will now discuss why
Europeans explored, where they went, and what they gained.
C.Where: Asia, Africa, and the Americasi. Give example(s) of how explorers
traveled to distant landsii. Columbus (Spain), Prince Henry
the Navigator (Portugal) Pedro Cabral (Portugal), Ferdinand Magellan (Spain)