BELLRINGER: 10/7BELLRINGER: 10/7

• 1. Identify the country for which each explorer listed below sailed:

• 1. Columbus• 2. Pizarro• 3. Prince Henry• 4. Drake• 5. Cortes• 6. de Gama

AGENDA: 10/7AGENDA: 10/7

• 1. Bellringer• 2. Quiz: Notebook Quiz• 3. NOTES: Social Effects

of the Age of Exploration• 4. SAC Debate:

Columbus Day• 5. Writing Response

HOMEWORK: 10/7HOMEWORK: 10/7

• Study for your vocabulary quiz NEXT CLASS (Friday, 10/9)

Part 3: Social Effects of the Age of

DiscoveryHow were people affected by European

exploration and colonization?

The Spread of Religion

• Americas: Spread of Catholicism into Latin America,

Spread of Protestantism into North America

• Africa: Attempts byChristian (Protestantmissionaries) to convert natives

and eventually to convert slaves

The Spread of Religion

• Asia: Christian missionaries successful at first in China (Catholic), but eventually this causes controversy

Effects on Europe

• 1. Increase in territory lead to the spreading of empires

globally

• 2. Competition

among European

nations (Spain,

Portugal, France,

England, and the

Netherlands)

Effects on Europe

• 3. Increase in wealth and circulation of money (not

always a good

thing—it lead

to inflation of

the Spanish

economy)

• 4. Cultural

diffusion (foods,

plants, etc.)

Effects on the Americas

• 1. Large #s of Europeans emigrated to North America (English, Dutch, other western European nations) and South America (Spanish, Portuguese)

• 2. Collapse of indigenous Incans and Aztecs (fighting, disease, slavery)

Social Classes in the Spanish Colonies

• 3. Establishment of a rigid class system in Spanish Latin America – Peninsulares: European-born whites

– Creoles: American-born whites

– Mestizos: mixed ancestry between European and Native American

– Mulattoes: mixed ancestry between European and African

**Full-blooded Native Americans and Africans would be at the very bottom of the social structure.

Effects on the Americas

• 4. African Slavery

• 5. Colonial acceptance of culture from mother country

Effects on Africa• Europeans interested in : Establishment

of European trading posts along coastlines

• Trading posts: Portugal first, then other European nations like the Netherlands, France, and

England

• Trade: Slaves,Gold, Salt, other

products

Effects on Asia

• Who? Small groups of merchants from Europe, especially the Netherlands and Portugal

• Interested in? Colonization/establishing trading posts

• Creation of influential trading companies (British East India Co., Dutch East India Co.)

Effects on Asia

• Eventually, nations like Korea and Japan isolate themselves from European trade

• China restricts European trade as much as possible.

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