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Do Now : If it were possible, would you want to explore a distant galaxy? Why or why not?

Aim: How successful was the Age of Exploration?. Do Now : If it were possible, would you want to explore a distant galaxy? Why or why not?. I What was the Age of Exploration?. From the 15 - 17 th centuries, Western Europe increased its exploration of the world. This was due to

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Do Now : If it were possible, would you want to explore a distant galaxy? Why or why not?

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  1. Aim: How successful was the Age of Exploration? Do Now:If it were possible, would you want to explore a distant galaxy? Why or why not?

  2. I What was the Age of Exploration? • From the 15 - 17th centuries, Western Europe increased its exploration of the world. • This was due to 1. The Renaissance and Scientific Revolution increasing Europeans curiosity about the world 2. The Ottoman Turks blocked access to the Silk Road. Europeans needed to find an alternative route to the East for trade. 3. Newly formed European nation states competed for colonies overseas. This led to the new economic system of mercantilism. Mercantilism is an economic system where the parent nation exploits the resources of its colonies.

  3. III Improved Technology

  4. Caravel Ships

  5. V Portugal’s 1st Explorers • Portuguese and Spanish explorers made the first European voyages into unknown waters during the Age of Exploration.

  6. Portugal and Spain’s 1st Explorers Continued…

  7. Excerpt from Vasco de Gama’s Journal On the following day (November 10) fourteen or fifteen natives came to where our ship lay. The captain-major landed and showed them a variety of merchandise, with the view of finding out whether such things were to be found in their country. This merchandise included cinnamon, cloves, seed-pearls, gold, and many other things, but it was evident that they had no knowledge whatever of such articles, and they were consequently given round bells and tin rings.

  8. Portugal and Spain’s 1st Explorers Continued…

  9. VI Consequences of the Age of Exploration Which are positive? Which are negative? Any “gray area”? • Europeans “discovered” the Americas • Europeans had access to new resources such as tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes • Europeans began the slave trade, taking slaves from Africa and Native populations • Europeans tried to replace Native culture and religion with Christianity • European sailors died from syphilis and scurvy. Would America exist without the Age of Exploration?

  10. Syphilis and Scurvy; Diseases You Do Not Want to Have Syphilis is a deadly STD that was spread by Natives of the New World to European explorers. Scurvyis a disease due to a lack of vitamin C. Sailors prevented it by eating limes or lemons.

  11. Key Vocabulary • Age of Exploration • Portolan Map • Magnetic Compass • Astrolabe • Caravel Ship • Mercantilism • Ottoman Turks • King Henry the Navigator • Bartolomeu Dias • Vasco de Gama • Christopher Columbus • Ferdinand Magellan • Scurvy • Syphilis

  12. Summary Questions • List 2 reasons why Western Europeans wanted to find alternative routes to India and East Asia. • List 2 new technologies that allowed the Portuguese to begin exploring Africa and India. • List 2 Portuguese or Spanish explorers. Where did they go and why? • Were the consequences of the Age of Exploration more positive or negative? Explain.

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