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CHAPTER 6 SECTION 1: EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION

CHAPTER 6 SECTION 1: EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION. 2. Identify the 3 motives for European exploration. 1. God 2. Glory 3. Gold. 3. Define. 1. Conquistador – Spanish conquerors of the Americas

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CHAPTER 6 SECTION 1: EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION

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  1. CHAPTER 6 SECTION 1: EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION

  2. 2. Identify the 3 motives for European exploration. 1. God 2. Glory 3. Gold

  3. 3. Define 1. Conquistador – Spanish conquerors of the Americas 2. Encomienda– right of landowners to use native Americans as laborers. Land holders were supposed to protect native Americans, but because the Spanish government was far away native Americans were treated badly ( put to work on sugar plantations and in gold and silver mines 3. Columbian Exchange – Exchange of plants and animals between Europe and America

  4. 4. What are the two countries that led the way in European Exploration? 1. Spain 2. Portugal

  5. 5.Who is Prince Henry the Navigator? • 1394-1460, prince of Portugal, patron of exploration. He is most famous for the voyages of discovery that he organized and financed, which eventually led to the rounding of Africa and the establishment of sea routes to the Indies. • In 1416 he established at Sagres in SW Portugal a base for explorations, later adding a naval arsenal and an observatory and a school for the study of geography and navigation.

  6. 6. Explain the Treaty of Tordesillas. • Voyages of Portugal and Spain opened up new lands to exploration. Both feared the other might claim some newly discovered territories • Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) • Line of demarcation extending from north to south through the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern part of South American continent • Unexplored territories east of the line were controlled by Portugal • Unexplored territories west of the line were controlled by Spain

  7. 8. Who is Henry the Navigator and what are his contributions to the Age of Exploration? • Government-sponsored institute at Sagres, which maintained a school, an observatory, and a base for exploratory ventures at nearby Lagos. Books and charts were collected in a library and reports were solicited from contemporary travelers. • Advances in navigational instruments and cartography. • A new ship design that became the Portuguese caravel

  8. 9. Caravel • Portuguese ship • late 1400‘s • Made long voyages of exploration possible. • Triangular sales allowed it to sail against the wing • Large cargo hold

  9. 9. Astrolabe • An early astrolabe was invented in the Greek World in 150 BC • used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. Its many uses include locating and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars; determining local time (given local latitude) and vice-versa; surveying; triangulation;

  10. 9. Magnetic Compass • China; Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.). • Allowed explorers to chart a course across ocean

  11. 10. Find and print a map of what Europeans believed the world looked like in the 1500s.

  12. 11. 6 diseases European explorers brought to the New World • Chicken pox • Measles • Small pox • Malaria • Flu • Common cold

  13. 12. List foods and animals introduced to Americas and taken fro the Americas and introduced in Europe during the Age of Exploration

  14. 13. Find and print a map that illustrates the Treaty of Tordesillas.

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